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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SIVR returned +15.0% and XLC −10.4%.

Which is cheaper, SIVR or XLC?

XLC is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 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 XLC: Differences, Returns & Fees

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SIVR is a commodity fund and XLC an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SIVR returned +15.0% against −10.4%.

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Net assets: $3.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF, and $22.1bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF.

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At a glance

+15.0%

SIVR total return, 1 year

−10.4%

XLC total return, 1 year

0.30%

SIVR expense ratio

0.08%

XLC expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLC costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 25.4 points.

SIVR vs XLC: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SIVR	XLC
Return
Measure	SIVR	XLC
Total return, 1 year	+15.0%	−10.4%
Drawdown
Measure	SIVR	XLC
Below its high	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026	13.3%, high on Jan 30, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SIVR	XLC
What it tracks	Silver	Communication Services Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	SIVR	XLC
Expense ratio	0.30%	0.08%
Net assets, SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 and XLC as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.7bn	$22.1bn
Holdings
Measure	SIVR	XLC
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		100%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		75.3%

Method

Side by side

SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF XLC State Street Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer abrdn State Street

What it is Holds silver Tracks an index of Communication services

Total return, 1 year +15.0% −10.4%

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% 0.08%

Holdings not counted 23

Net assets, SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 and XLC as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.7bn $22.1bn

SIVR and XLC 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.

XLC

XLC tracks an index of Communication services. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −10.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 23 positions, with the top ten at 75.3%. It sat 13.3% below its high of Jan 30, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SIVR or XLC?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SIVR returned +15.0% and XLC −10.4%.
Which is cheaper, SIVR or XLC?: XLC is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

abrdn website ↗

XLC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

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