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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SIVR returned +15.0% and VDE +58.8%.

Which is cheaper, SIVR or VDE?

VDE is cheaper, by 0.21 percentage points a year. That is about $21 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

SIVR vs VDE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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SIVR is a commodity fund and VDE an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, VDE returned +58.8% against +15.0%.

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Net assets: $3.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF, and $10.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Energy ETF.

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At a glance

+15.0%

SIVR total return, 1 year

+58.8%

VDE total return, 1 year

0.30%

SIVR expense ratio

0.09%

VDE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VDE costs 0.21 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 43.8 points.

SIVR vs VDE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SIVR	VDE
Return
Measure	SIVR	VDE
Total return, 1 year	+15.0%	+58.8%
Drawdown
Measure	SIVR	VDE
Below its high	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SIVR	VDE
What it tracks	Silver	MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Energy 25/50
Cost and size
Measure	SIVR	VDE
Expense ratio	0.30%	0.09%
Net assets, SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 and VDE as of Sep 30, 2026	$3.7bn	$10.4bn
Holdings
Measure	SIVR	VDE
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		81%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		67.1%

Method

Side by side

SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF VDE Vanguard Energy ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer abrdn Vanguard

What it is Holds silver Tracks an index of Energy

Total return, 1 year +15.0% +58.8%

Its benchmark over the same days +14.9% (SLV) +59.0% (FENY)

Gap to its benchmark +0.1 pts vs SLV −0.2 pts vs FENY

Expense ratio 0.30% 0.09%

Holdings not counted 113

Net assets, SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 and VDE as of Sep 30, 2026 $3.7bn $10.4bn

SIVR and VDE 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.

VDE

VDE tracks an index of Energy. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +58.8% with distributions reinvested, against +59.0% for its benchmark, the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Energy 25/50. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 81% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 113 positions, with the top ten at 67.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SIVR or VDE?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SIVR returned +15.0% and VDE +58.8%.
Which is cheaper, SIVR or VDE?: VDE is cheaper, by 0.21 percentage points a year. That is about $21 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

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VDE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VDE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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