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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SIVR returned +15.0% and VCLT −5.9%.

Which is cheaper, SIVR or VCLT?

VCLT 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.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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SIVR vs VCLT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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SIVR is a commodity fund and VCLT a bond index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SIVR returned +15.0% against −5.9%.

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Net assets: $3.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF, and $7.5bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+15.0%

SIVR total return, 1 year

−5.9%

VCLT total return, 1 year

0.30%

SIVR expense ratio

0.03%

VCLT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VCLT costs 0.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 20.9 points.

SIVR vs VCLT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SIVR	VCLT
Return
Measure	SIVR	VCLT
Total return, 1 year	+15.0%	−5.9%
Drawdown
Measure	SIVR	VCLT
Below its high	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026	17.8%, high on Sep 22, 2021
Benchmark
Measure	SIVR	VCLT
What it tracks	Silver	Bloomberg U.S. 10+ Year Corporate Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	SIVR	VCLT
Expense ratio	0.30%	0.03%
Net assets, SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 and VCLT as of Sep 30, 2026	$3.7bn	$7.5bn
Holdings
Measure	SIVR	VCLT
Holdings in common	not published

Method

Side by side

SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF VCLT Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Bond ETF

Issuer abrdn Vanguard

What it is Holds silver Tracks an index of Long-Term Corporate Bond

Total return, 1 year +15.0% −5.9%

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% 0.03%

Holdings not counted 2562

Net assets, SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 and VCLT as of Sep 30, 2026 $3.7bn $7.5bn

SIVR and VCLT 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.

VCLT

VCLT tracks an index of Long-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −5.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 17.8% below its high of Sep 22, 2021 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SIVR or VCLT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SIVR returned +15.0% and VCLT −5.9%.
Which is cheaper, SIVR or VCLT?: VCLT 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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Sources and dates

abrdn website ↗

VCLT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VCLT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VCLT ↗

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