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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SIVR returned +15.0% and SPYM +13.7%.

Which is cheaper, SIVR or SPYM?

SPYM is cheaper, by 0.28 percentage points a year. That is about $28 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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SIVR vs SPYM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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SIVR is a commodity fund and SPYM an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SIVR returned +15.0% against +13.7%.

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Net assets: $3.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF, and $185.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF.

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At a glance

+15.0%

SIVR total return, 1 year

+13.7%

SPYM total return, 1 year

0.30%

SIVR expense ratio

0.02%

SPYM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPYM costs 0.28 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.3 points.

SIVR vs SPYM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SIVR	SPYM
Return
Measure	SIVR	SPYM
Total return, 1 year	+15.0%	+13.7%
Drawdown
Measure	SIVR	SPYM
Below its high	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SIVR	SPYM
What it tracks	Silver	S&P 500 Index
Cost and size
Measure	SIVR	SPYM
Expense ratio	0.30%	0.02%
Net assets, SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 and SPYM as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.7bn	$185.0bn
Holdings
Measure	SIVR	SPYM
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		100%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		38.1%

Method

Side by side

SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF SPYM State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer abrdn State Street

What it is Holds silver Tracks the S&P 500

Total return, 1 year +15.0% +13.7%

Its benchmark over the same days +14.9% (SLV) +13.7% (IVV)

Gap to its benchmark +0.1 pts vs SLV 0.0 pts vs IVV

Expense ratio 0.30% 0.02%

Holdings not counted 506

Net assets, SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 and SPYM as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.7bn $185.0bn

Former ticker none SPLG

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

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About each fund

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.

SPYM

SPYM tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.02% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 506 positions, with the top ten at 38.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SIVR or SPYM?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SIVR returned +15.0% and SPYM +13.7%.
Which is cheaper, SIVR or SPYM?: SPYM is cheaper, by 0.28 percentage points a year. That is about $28 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

abrdn website ↗

SPYM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPYM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

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