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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SHV returned +3.6% and SIVR +15.0%.

Which is cheaper, SHV or SIVR?

SHV is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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SHV vs SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees

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SHV is a bond index fund and SIVR a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SIVR returned +15.0% against +3.6%.

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Net assets: $21.7bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bond ETF, and $3.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF.

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At a glance

+3.6%

SHV total return, 1 year

+15.0%

SIVR total return, 1 year

0.15%

SHV expense ratio

0.30%

SIVR expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SHV costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.4 points.

SHV vs SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SHV	SIVR
Return
Measure	SHV	SIVR
Total return, 1 year	+3.6%	+15.0%
Drawdown
Measure	SHV	SIVR
Below its high		53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SHV	SIVR
What it tracks	ICE Short US Treasury Securities Index	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	SHV	SIVR
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.30%
Net assets, SHV as of Oct 27, 2026 and SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026	$21.7bn	$3.7bn
Holdings
Measure	SHV	SIVR
Holdings in common	not published

Method

Side by side

SHV iShares 0-1 Year 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 0-1 Year Treasury Bond Holds silver

Total return, 1 year +3.6% +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 0.15% 0.30%

Holdings 66 not counted

Net assets, SHV as of Oct 27, 2026 and SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 $21.7bn $3.7bn

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

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About each fund

SHV

SHV tracks an index of 0-1 Year Treasury Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +3.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% 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, SHV or SIVR?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SHV returned +3.6% and SIVR +15.0%.
Which is cheaper, SHV or SIVR?: SHV is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

SHV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SHV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for SHV ↗

abrdn website ↗

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