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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SIVR returned +15.0% and VGLT −6.7%.

Which is cheaper, SIVR or VGLT?

VGLT 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 VGLT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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SIVR is a commodity fund and VGLT a bond index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SIVR returned +15.0% against −6.7%.

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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 Long-Term Treasury ETF.

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At a glance

+15.0%

SIVR total return, 1 year

−6.7%

VGLT total return, 1 year

0.30%

SIVR expense ratio

0.03%

VGLT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VGLT costs 0.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 21.7 points.

SIVR vs VGLT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SIVR	VGLT
Return
Measure	SIVR	VGLT
Total return, 1 year	+15.0%	−6.7%
Drawdown
Measure	SIVR	VGLT
Below its high	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026	38.8%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	SIVR	VGLT
What it tracks	Silver	Bloomberg U.S. Long Treasury Index
Cost and size
Measure	SIVR	VGLT
Expense ratio	0.30%	0.03%
Net assets, SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 and VGLT as of Sep 30, 2026	$3.7bn	$10.4bn
Holdings
Measure	SIVR	VGLT
Holdings in common	not published

Method

Side by side

SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF VGLT Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Bond ETF

Issuer abrdn Vanguard

What it is Holds silver Tracks an index of Long-term Treasury

Total return, 1 year +15.0% −6.7%

Its benchmark over the same days +14.9% (SLV) −6.7% (SCHQ)

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

Expense ratio 0.30% 0.03%

Holdings not counted 102

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

SIVR and VGLT 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.

VGLT

VGLT tracks an index of Long-term Treasury. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −6.7% with distributions reinvested, against −6.7% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Long Treasury Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 38.8% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SIVR or VGLT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SIVR returned +15.0% and VGLT −6.7%.
Which is cheaper, SIVR or VGLT?: VGLT 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 ↗

VGLT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VGLT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VGLT ↗

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