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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SIVR returned +15.0% and VYM +18.0%.

Which is cheaper, SIVR or VYM?

VYM is cheaper, by 0.26 percentage points a year. That is about $26 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 VYM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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SIVR is a commodity fund and VYM an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, VYM returned +18.0% against +15.0%.

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Net assets: $3.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF, and $78.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF.

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At a glance

+15.0%

SIVR total return, 1 year

+18.0%

VYM total return, 1 year

0.30%

SIVR expense ratio

0.04%

VYM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VYM costs 0.26 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.0 points.

SIVR vs VYM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SIVR	VYM
Return
Measure	SIVR	VYM
Total return, 1 year	+15.0%	+18.0%
Drawdown
Measure	SIVR	VYM
Below its high	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SIVR	VYM
What it tracks	Silver	FTSE High Dividend Yield Index
Cost and size
Measure	SIVR	VYM
Expense ratio	0.30%	0.04%
Net assets, SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 and VYM as of Sep 30, 2026	$3.7bn	$78.9bn
Holdings
Measure	SIVR	VYM
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		90%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		26.2%

Method

Side by side

SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF VYM Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer abrdn Vanguard

What it is Holds silver Tracks an index of US high dividend

Total return, 1 year +15.0% +18.0%

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% 0.04%

Holdings not counted 595

Net assets, SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 and VYM as of Sep 30, 2026 $3.7bn $78.9bn

SIVR and VYM 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.

VYM

VYM tracks an index of US high dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% 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 595 positions, with the top ten at 26.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SIVR or VYM?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SIVR returned +15.0% and VYM +18.0%.
Which is cheaper, SIVR or VYM?: VYM is cheaper, by 0.26 percentage points a year. That is about $26 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

abrdn website ↗

VYM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VYM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VYM ↗

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