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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SIVR returned +15.0% and XLK +27.1%.

Which is cheaper, SIVR or XLK?

XLK 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 XLK: Differences, Returns & Fees

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SIVR is a commodity fund and XLK an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, XLK returned +27.1% against +15.0%.

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Net assets: $3.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF, and $125.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF.

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At a glance

+15.0%

SIVR total return, 1 year

+27.1%

XLK total return, 1 year

0.30%

SIVR expense ratio

0.08%

XLK expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLK costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 12.1 points.

SIVR vs XLK: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SIVR	XLK
Return
Measure	SIVR	XLK
Total return, 1 year	+15.0%	+27.1%
Drawdown
Measure	SIVR	XLK
Below its high	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026	5.4%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SIVR	XLK
What it tracks	Silver	Technology Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	SIVR	XLK
Expense ratio	0.30%	0.08%
Net assets, SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 and XLK as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.7bn	$125.0bn
Holdings
Measure	SIVR	XLK
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		100%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		64.6%

Method

Side by side

SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF XLK State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer abrdn State Street

What it is Holds silver Tracks an index of Technology

Total return, 1 year +15.0% +27.1%

Its benchmark over the same days +14.9% (SLV) +13.6% (SPY)

Gap to its benchmark +0.1 pts vs SLV +13.5 pts vs SPY

Expense ratio 0.30% 0.08%

Holdings not counted 76

Net assets, SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 and XLK as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.7bn $125.0bn

SIVR and XLK 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.

XLK

XLK tracks an index of Technology. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +27.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. 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 76 positions, with the top ten at 64.6%. It sat 5.4% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SIVR or XLK?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SIVR returned +15.0% and XLK +27.1%.
Which is cheaper, SIVR or XLK?: XLK 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 ↗

XLK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLK prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

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