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Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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SLV vs SPHQ: how they differ

SLV is a commodity fund and SPHQ an equity index fund, and over the year SLV returned more, +53.8% against +17.4%.

iShares Silver Trust and Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF.

SLV and SPHQ on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
SLV
iShares Silver Trust
SPHQ
Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesInvesco
What it isSilverS&P 500 Quality
Total return, 1 year+53.8%+17.4%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500+36.3 pts−0.1 pts
Expense ratio0.50%0.15%
Holdingsnot filed100

SLV in plain words

SLV is a commodity fund tracking the Silver. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +53.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% a year. It sat 45.0% below its high of Jan 28, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

SPHQ in plain words

SPHQ is an index equity fund tracking the S&P 500 Quality. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 100 positions, with the top ten at 43.4%. It sat 6.1% below its high of Jun 30, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SLV or SPHQ?
In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SLV returned +53.8% and SPHQ returned +17.4%, so SLV returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, SLV or SPHQ?
SLV charges 0.50% a year and SPHQ charges 0.15%, so SPHQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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SLV against SPHQ, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 13, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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