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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SIVR returned +15.0% and XLG +6.4%.

Which is cheaper, SIVR or XLG?

XLG is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 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 XLG: Differences, Returns & Fees

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SIVR is a commodity fund and XLG an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SIVR returned +15.0% against +6.4%.

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Net assets: $3.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF, and $11.9bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Invesco S&P 500 Top 50 ETF.

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At a glance

+15.0%

SIVR total return, 1 year

+6.4%

XLG total return, 1 year

0.30%

SIVR expense ratio

0.20%

XLG expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLG costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.6 points.

SIVR vs XLG: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SIVR	XLG
Return
Measure	SIVR	XLG
Total return, 1 year	+15.0%	+6.4%
Drawdown
Measure	SIVR	XLG
Below its high	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SIVR	XLG
What it tracks	Silver	S&P 500 Top 50 Index
Cost and size
Measure	SIVR	XLG
Expense ratio	0.30%	0.20%
Net assets, SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 and XLG as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.7bn	$11.9bn
Holdings
Measure	SIVR	XLG
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		98%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		60.3%

Method

Side by side

SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF XLG Invesco S&P 500 Top 50 ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer abrdn Invesco

What it is Holds silver Tracks the S&P 500 top 50

Total return, 1 year +15.0% +6.4%

Its benchmark over the same days +14.9% (SLV) +13.7% (IVV)

Gap to its benchmark +0.1 pts vs SLV −7.3 pts vs IVV

Expense ratio 0.30% 0.20%

Holdings not counted 53

Net assets, SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 and XLG as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.7bn $11.9bn

SIVR and XLG 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.

XLG

XLG tracks the S&P 500 top 50. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +6.4% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 98% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 53 positions, with the top ten at 60.3%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SIVR or XLG?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SIVR returned +15.0% and XLG +6.4%.
Which is cheaper, SIVR or XLG?: XLG is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

abrdn website ↗

XLG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Invesco page for XLG ↗

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