Which returned more over the last year, SGOV or SIVR?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SGOV returned +3.7% and SIVR +15.0%.

Which is cheaper, SGOV or SIVR?

SGOV is cheaper, by 0.21 percentage points a year. That is about $21 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

SGOV vs SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees

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SGOV is a short-term Treasury fund and SIVR a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SIVR returned +15.0% against +3.7%.

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Net assets: $117.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF, and $3.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF.

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At a glance

+3.7%

SGOV total return, 1 year

+15.0%

SIVR total return, 1 year

0.09%

SGOV expense ratio

0.30%

SIVR expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SGOV costs 0.21 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.3 points.

SGOV vs SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SGOV	SIVR
Return
Measure	SGOV	SIVR
Total return, 1 year	+3.7%	+15.0%
Drawdown
Measure	SGOV	SIVR
Below its high		53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SGOV	SIVR
What it tracks	ICE 0-3 Month US Treasury Securities Index	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	SGOV	SIVR
Expense ratio	0.09%	0.30%
Net assets, SGOV as of Oct 27, 2026 and SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026	$117.0bn	$3.7bn
Holdings
Measure	SGOV	SIVR
Holdings in common	not published

Method

Side by side

SGOV iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares abrdn

What it is Tracks an index of 0-3 month T-bills Holds silver

Total return, 1 year +3.7% +15.0%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +14.9% (SLV)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +0.1 pts vs SLV

Expense ratio 0.09% 0.30%

Holdings 22 not counted

Net assets, SGOV as of Oct 27, 2026 and SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 $117.0bn $3.7bn

SGOV and SIVR on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

SGOV

SGOV tracks an index of 0-3 month T-bills. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +3.7% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year.

SIVR

Its expense ratio is 0.30% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

SIVR holds silver. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +15.0% with distributions reinvested, against +14.9% for its benchmark, the price of silver. It sat 53.5% below its high of Jan 28, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SGOV or SIVR?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SGOV returned +3.7% and SIVR +15.0%.
Which is cheaper, SGOV or SIVR?: SGOV is cheaper, by 0.21 percentage points a year. That is about $21 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

SGOV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SGOV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for SGOV ↗

abrdn website ↗

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