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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SIVR returned +15.0% and VCSH +1.3%.

Which is cheaper, SIVR or VCSH?

VCSH 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 VCSH: Differences, Returns & Fees

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SIVR is a commodity fund and VCSH a bond index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SIVR returned +15.0% against +1.3%.

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Net assets: $3.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF, and $43.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+15.0%

SIVR total return, 1 year

+1.3%

VCSH total return, 1 year

0.30%

SIVR expense ratio

0.03%

VCSH expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VCSH costs 0.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 13.7 points.

SIVR vs VCSH: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SIVR	VCSH
Return
Measure	SIVR	VCSH
Total return, 1 year	+15.0%	+1.3%
Drawdown
Measure	SIVR	VCSH
Below its high	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SIVR	VCSH
What it tracks	Silver	Bloomberg U.S. 1-5 Year Corporate Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	SIVR	VCSH
Expense ratio	0.30%	0.03%
Net assets, SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 and VCSH as of Sep 30, 2026	$3.7bn	$43.9bn
Holdings
Measure	SIVR	VCSH
Holdings in common	not published

Method

Side by side

SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF VCSH Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Bond ETF

Issuer abrdn Vanguard

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

Total return, 1 year +15.0% +1.3%

Its benchmark over the same days +14.9% (SLV) +1.3% (SCHJ)

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

Expense ratio 0.30% 0.03%

Holdings not counted 3064

Net assets, SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 and VCSH as of Sep 30, 2026 $3.7bn $43.9bn

SIVR and VCSH 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.

VCSH

VCSH tracks an index of Short-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +1.3% with distributions reinvested, against +1.3% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. 1-5 Year Corporate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SIVR or VCSH?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SIVR returned +15.0% and VCSH +1.3%.
Which is cheaper, SIVR or VCSH?: VCSH 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 ↗

VCSH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VCSH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VCSH ↗

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