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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SIVR returned +15.0% and VTIP +2.2%.

Which is cheaper, SIVR or VTIP?

VTIP 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 VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees

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SIVR is a commodity fund and VTIP a bond index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SIVR returned +15.0% against +2.2%.

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Net assets: $3.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF, and $20.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares.

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At a glance

+15.0%

SIVR total return, 1 year

+2.2%

VTIP total return, 1 year

0.30%

SIVR expense ratio

0.03%

VTIP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VTIP costs 0.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 12.8 points.

SIVR vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SIVR	VTIP
Return
Measure	SIVR	VTIP
Total return, 1 year	+15.0%	+2.2%
Drawdown
Measure	SIVR	VTIP
Below its high	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SIVR	VTIP
What it tracks	Silver	Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0-5 Years Index
Cost and size
Measure	SIVR	VTIP
Expense ratio	0.30%	0.03%
Net assets, SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 and VTIP as of Sep 30, 2026	$3.7bn	$20.9bn
Holdings
Measure	SIVR	VTIP
Holdings in common	not published

Method

Side by side

SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF VTIP Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares

Where it sits Commodity ETF Bond ETF

Issuer abrdn Vanguard

What it is Holds silver Tracks an index of Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities

Total return, 1 year +15.0% +2.2%

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 26

Net assets, SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 and VTIP as of Sep 30, 2026 $3.7bn $20.9bn

SIVR and VTIP 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.

VTIP

VTIP tracks an index of Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SIVR or VTIP?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SIVR returned +15.0% and VTIP +2.2%.
Which is cheaper, SIVR or VTIP?: VTIP 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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SIVR on its own →VTIP on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →VTIP dividend history →VTIP holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

abrdn website ↗

VTIP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VTIP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VTIP ↗

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