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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SIVR returned +15.0% and VNQ +4.8%.

Which is cheaper, SIVR or VNQ?

VNQ is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. That is about $17 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 VNQ: Differences, Returns & Fees

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SIVR is a commodity fund and VNQ an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SIVR returned +15.0% against +4.8%.

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Net assets: $3.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF, and $35.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Real Estate ETF.

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At a glance

+15.0%

SIVR total return, 1 year

+4.8%

VNQ total return, 1 year

0.30%

SIVR expense ratio

0.13%

VNQ expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VNQ costs 0.17 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.2 points.

SIVR vs VNQ: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SIVR	VNQ
Return
Measure	SIVR	VNQ
Total return, 1 year	+15.0%	+4.8%
Drawdown
Measure	SIVR	VNQ
Below its high	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026	8.3%, high on Jul 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SIVR	VNQ
What it tracks	Silver	MSCI US Investable Market Real Estate 25/50 Index
Cost and size
Measure	SIVR	VNQ
Expense ratio	0.30%	0.13%
Net assets, SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 and VNQ as of Sep 30, 2026	$3.7bn	$35.9bn
Holdings
Measure	SIVR	VNQ
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		63%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		55.8%

Method

Side by side

SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer abrdn Vanguard

What it is Holds silver Tracks an index of US real estate

Total return, 1 year +15.0% +4.8%

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% 0.13%

Holdings not counted 141

Net assets, SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 and VNQ as of Sep 30, 2026 $3.7bn $35.9bn

SIVR and VNQ 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.

VNQ

VNQ tracks an index of US real estate. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +4.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.13% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 63% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 141 positions, with the top ten at 55.8%. It sat 8.3% below its high of Jul 28, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SIVR or VNQ?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SIVR returned +15.0% and VNQ +4.8%.
Which is cheaper, SIVR or VNQ?: VNQ is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. That is about $17 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

abrdn website ↗

VNQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VNQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VNQ ↗

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