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SIVR vs VGIT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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SIVR is a commodity fund and VGIT a bond index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SIVR returned +15.0% against −1.5%.

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Net assets: $3.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF, and $39.7bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF.

SIVR on its own →VGIT on its own →
At a glance
+15.0%
SIVR total return, 1 year
−1.5%
VGIT total return, 1 year
0.30%
SIVR expense ratio
0.03%
VGIT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VGIT costs 0.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 16.5 points.

SIVR vs VGIT: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureSIVRVGIT
Return
Total return, 1 year+15.0%−1.5%
Drawdown
Below its high53.5%, high on Jan 28, 20263.5%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
What it tracksSilverBloomberg U.S. Treasury 3-10 Year Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.30%0.03%
Net assets, SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 and VGIT as of Sep 30, 2026$3.7bn$39.7bn
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published

Method

Side by side

SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF VGIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF
Where it sits Commodity ETF Bond ETF
Issuer abrdn Vanguard
What it is Holds silver Tracks an index of Intermediate-Term Treasury
Total return, 1 year +15.0% −1.5%
Its benchmark over the same days +14.9% (SLV) −1.5% (SCHR)
Gap to its benchmark +0.1 pts vs SLV 0.0 pts vs SCHR
Expense ratio 0.30% 0.03%
Holdings not counted 103
Net assets, SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 and VGIT as of Sep 30, 2026 $3.7bn $39.7bn

SIVR and VGIT 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.

VGIT

VGIT tracks an index of Intermediate-Term Treasury. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.5% with distributions reinvested, against −1.5% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury 3-10 Year Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 3.5% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SIVR or VGIT?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SIVR returned +15.0% and VGIT −1.5%.
Which is cheaper, SIVR or VGIT?
VGIT 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 ↗
VGIT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
VGIT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Vanguard page for VGIT ↗

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