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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SIVR returned +15.0% and VPU −3.3%.

Which is cheaper, SIVR or VPU?

VPU 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 VPU: Differences, Returns & Fees

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SIVR is a commodity fund and VPU an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SIVR returned +15.0% against −3.3%.

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Net assets: $3.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF, and $7.7bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Utilities ETF.

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At a glance

+15.0%

SIVR total return, 1 year

−3.3%

VPU total return, 1 year

0.30%

SIVR expense ratio

0.09%

VPU expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VPU costs 0.21 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 18.3 points.

SIVR vs VPU: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SIVR	VPU
Return
Measure	SIVR	VPU
Total return, 1 year	+15.0%	−3.3%
Drawdown
Measure	SIVR	VPU
Below its high	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026	8.9%, high on Feb 27, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SIVR	VPU
What it tracks	Silver	MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Utilities 25/50
Cost and size
Measure	SIVR	VPU
Expense ratio	0.30%	0.09%
Net assets, SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 and VPU as of Sep 30, 2026	$3.7bn	$7.7bn
Holdings
Measure	SIVR	VPU
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		90%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		52.3%

Method

Side by side

SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF VPU Vanguard Utilities ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer abrdn Vanguard

What it is Holds silver Tracks an index of Utilities

Total return, 1 year +15.0% −3.3%

Its benchmark over the same days +14.9% (SLV) −3.3% (FUTY)

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

Expense ratio 0.30% 0.09%

Holdings not counted 70

Net assets, SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 and VPU as of Sep 30, 2026 $3.7bn $7.7bn

SIVR and VPU 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.

VPU

VPU tracks an index of Utilities. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −3.3% with distributions reinvested, against −3.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Utilities 25/50. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 70 positions, with the top ten at 52.3%. It sat 8.9% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SIVR or VPU?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SIVR returned +15.0% and VPU −3.3%.
Which is cheaper, SIVR or VPU?: VPU 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

abrdn website ↗

VPU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VPU prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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