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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SIVR returned +15.0% and VBK +10.3%.

Which is cheaper, SIVR or VBK?

VBK is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. That is about $25 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 VBK: Differences, Returns & Fees

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SIVR is a commodity fund and VBK an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SIVR returned +15.0% against +10.3%.

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Net assets: $3.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF, and $22.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Growth ETF.

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At a glance

+15.0%

SIVR total return, 1 year

+10.3%

VBK total return, 1 year

0.30%

SIVR expense ratio

0.05%

VBK expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VBK costs 0.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.7 points.

SIVR vs VBK: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SIVR	VBK
Return
Measure	SIVR	VBK
Total return, 1 year	+15.0%	+10.3%
Drawdown
Measure	SIVR	VBK
Below its high	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026	8.0%, high on Aug 17, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SIVR	VBK
What it tracks	Silver	Morningstar US Small Cap Growth Index
Cost and size
Measure	SIVR	VBK
Expense ratio	0.30%	0.05%
Net assets, SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 and VBK as of Sep 30, 2026	$3.7bn	$22.8bn
Holdings
Measure	SIVR	VBK
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		10%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		12.2%

Method

Side by side

SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF VBK Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Growth ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer abrdn Vanguard

What it is Holds silver Tracks an index of Small-Cap Growth

Total return, 1 year +15.0% +10.3%

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

Gap to its benchmark +0.1 pts vs SLV not measured

Expense ratio 0.30% 0.05%

Holdings not counted 554

Net assets, SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 and VBK as of Sep 30, 2026 $3.7bn $22.8bn

SIVR and VBK 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.

VBK

VBK tracks an index of Small-Cap Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +10.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 10% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 554 positions, with the top ten at 12.2%. It sat 8.0% below its high of Aug 17, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SIVR or VBK?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SIVR returned +15.0% and VBK +10.3%.
Which is cheaper, SIVR or VBK?: VBK is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. That is about $25 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

abrdn website ↗

VBK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VBK prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VBK ↗

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