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SIVR vs VCIT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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SIVR is a commodity fund and VCIT a bond index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SIVR returned +15.0% against −1.8%.

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Net assets: $3.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF, and $66.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF.

SIVR on its own →VCIT on its own →
At a glance
+15.0%
SIVR total return, 1 year
−1.8%
VCIT total return, 1 year
0.30%
SIVR expense ratio
0.03%
VCIT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VCIT costs 0.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 16.8 points.

SIVR vs VCIT: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureSIVRVCIT
Return
Total return, 1 year+15.0%−1.8%
Drawdown
Below its high53.5%, high on Jan 28, 20263.2%, high on Feb 27, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksSilverBloomberg U.S. 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.30%0.03%
Net assets, SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 and VCIT as of Sep 30, 2026$3.7bn$66.6bn
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published

Method

Side by side

SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF VCIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF
Where it sits Commodity ETF Bond ETF
Issuer abrdn Vanguard
What it is Holds silver Tracks an index of Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year +15.0% −1.8%
Its benchmark over the same days +14.9% (SLV) −1.8% (SCHI)
Gap to its benchmark +0.1 pts vs SLV 0.0 pts vs SCHI
Expense ratio 0.30% 0.03%
Holdings not counted 2340
Net assets, SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 and VCIT as of Sep 30, 2026 $3.7bn $66.6bn

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

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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.

VCIT

VCIT tracks an index of Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.8% with distributions reinvested, against −1.8% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 3.2% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SIVR or VCIT?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SIVR returned +15.0% and VCIT −1.8%.
Which is cheaper, SIVR or VCIT?
VCIT is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.
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Where to next
SIVR on its own →VCIT on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →VCIT dividend history →VCIT holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
abrdn website ↗
VCIT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
VCIT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Vanguard page for VCIT ↗

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