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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SIVR returned +15.0% and XOP +62.5%.

Which is cheaper, SIVR or XOP?

SIVR is cheaper, by 0.05 percentage points a year. That is about $5 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 XOP: Differences, Returns & Fees

Share on X Download as PDF

SIVR and XOP are both commodity funds, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, XOP returned +62.5% against +15.0%.

askIQ about this page

askIQ about SIVR and XOP

Net assets: $3.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF, and $4.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF.

SIVR on its own →XOP on its own →

At a glance

+15.0%

SIVR total return, 1 year

+62.5%

XOP total return, 1 year

0.30%

SIVR expense ratio

0.35%

XOP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SIVR costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 47.5 points.

SIVR vs XOP: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SIVR	XOP
Return
Measure	SIVR	XOP
Total return, 1 year	+15.0%	+62.5%
Drawdown
Measure	SIVR	XOP
Below its high	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026	24.8%, high on Jun 23, 2014
Benchmark
Measure	SIVR	XOP
What it tracks	Silver	S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Select Industry Index
Cost and size
Measure	SIVR	XOP
Expense ratio	0.30%	0.35%
Net assets, SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 and XOP as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.7bn	$4.6bn
Holdings
Measure	SIVR	XOP
Holdings in common	not published

Method

Risk and return

Jul 31, 2009 to Oct 23, 2026 · 899 weekly returns

SIVR XOP

Return

Total return edge SIVR +267.1% +89.0%

Annualized edge SIVR +7.8% +3.8%

Price return edge SIVR +267.1% +44.4%

Risk

Volatility edge SIVR 31.0% 35.6%

Max drawdown edge SIVR −74.7% −89.6%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge SIVR 0.35 0.24

Sortino edge SIVR 0.51 0.34

Calmar edge SIVR 0.10 0.04

Reading

SIVR returned more: +267.1% to +89.0%. SIVR swung less: 31.0% to 35.6%. SIVR fell less at its worst: −74.7% to −89.6%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: SIVR vs XOP: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SIVR	XOP	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+267.1%	+89.0%	SIVR	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+7.8%	+3.8%	SIVR	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+267.1%	+44.4%	SIVR	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	31.0%	35.6%	SIVR	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	21.3%	25.1%	SIVR	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−74.7%	−89.6%	SIVR	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.35	0.24	SIVR	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.51	0.34	SIVR	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.10	0.04	SIVR	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 899 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

Side by side

SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF XOP State Street SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer abrdn State Street

What it is Holds silver Tracks the S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production

Total return, 1 year +15.0% +62.5%

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% 0.35%

Holdings not counted 52

Net assets, SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 and XOP as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.7bn $4.6bn

SIVR and XOP on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

Client brief · page 1 of 2 Report BR-8675A53A36

SIVR and XOP do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. SIVR follows Silver and XOP follows S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Select Industry Index.
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 SIVR returned +15.0% and XOP +62.5% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 47.5 points.
Cost (similar). SIVR charges 0.30% of assets a year and XOP 0.35%, a gap of 0.05 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

The two-page PDF for this pair is coming. Save the comparison to follow its changes. Free. It needs an email sign-in, once.

Your saved page · Privacy.

Alert

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.

XOP

XOP tracks the S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +62.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. It sat 24.8% below its high of Jun 23, 2014 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SIVR or XOP?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SIVR returned +15.0% and XOP +62.5%.
Which is cheaper, SIVR or XOP?: SIVR is cheaper, by 0.05 percentage points a year. That is about $5 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Other comparisons

SIVR vs VDE SIVR vs XLE IYE vs SIVR KRE vs SIVR BWET vs XOP USO vs XOP SLV vs XOP GLDM vs XOP

Where to next

SIVR on its own →XOP on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →XOP dividend history →XOP holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

abrdn website ↗

XOP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XOP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

Links are sources, not endorsements. A comparison is not a recommendation.

Cite this pageCitation, APA and Markdown

ETFIQ, SIVR against XOP, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/sivr-vs-xop

Open data →

Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms.