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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SIVR returned +15.0% and VEA +17.1%.

Which is cheaper, SIVR or VEA?

VEA 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.

Across categories

SIVR vs VEA: Differences, Returns & Fees

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SIVR is a commodity fund and VEA an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, VEA returned +17.1% against +15.0%.

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Net assets: $3.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF, and $231.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF.

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At a glance

+15.0%

SIVR total return, 1 year

+17.1%

VEA total return, 1 year

0.30%

SIVR expense ratio

0.03%

VEA expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VEA costs 0.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.1 points.

SIVR vs VEA: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SIVR	VEA
Return
Measure	SIVR	VEA
Total return, 1 year	+15.0%	+17.1%
Drawdown
Measure	SIVR	VEA
Below its high	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026	4.4%, high on Aug 25, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SIVR	VEA
What it tracks	Silver	FTSE Developed All Cap ex US Index
Cost and size
Measure	SIVR	VEA
Expense ratio	0.30%	0.03%
Net assets, SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 and VEA as of Sep 30, 2026	$3.7bn	$231.6bn
Holdings
Measure	SIVR	VEA
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		13.6%

Method

Side by side

SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF VEA Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer abrdn Vanguard

What it is Holds silver Tracks an index of Developed markets ex US

Total return, 1 year +15.0% +17.1%

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 3906

Net assets, SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 and VEA as of Sep 30, 2026 $3.7bn $231.6bn

SIVR and VEA 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.

VEA

VEA tracks an index of Developed markets ex US. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3,906 positions, with the top ten at 13.6%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SIVR or VEA?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SIVR returned +15.0% and VEA +17.1%.
Which is cheaper, SIVR or VEA?: VEA 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 ↗

VEA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VEA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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