Which returned more over the last year, SLV or SPSB?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SLV returned +14.9% and SPSB +2.2%.

Which is cheaper, SLV or SPSB?

SPSB is cheaper, by 0.46 percentage points a year. That is about $46 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

SLV vs SPSB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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SLV is a commodity fund and SPSB a bond index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SLV returned +14.9% against +2.2%.

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Net assets: $26.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Silver Trust, and $11.3bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

+2.2%

SPSB total return, 1 year

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

0.04%

SPSB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPSB costs 0.46 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 12.7 points; SLV is 2.3 times larger.

SLV vs SPSB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SLV	SPSB
Return
Measure	SLV	SPSB
Total return, 1 year	+14.9%	+2.2%
Drawdown
Measure	SLV	SPSB
Below its high	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SLV	SPSB
What it tracks	Silver	Bloomberg U.S. 1-3 Year Corporate Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	SLV	SPSB
Expense ratio	0.50%	0.04%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$26.5bn	$11.3bn
Holdings
Measure	SLV	SPSB
Holdings in common	not published

Method

Side by side

SLV iShares Silver Trust SPSB State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Holds silver Tracks an index of Short Term Corporate Bond

Total return, 1 year +14.9% +2.2%

Its benchmark over the same days +15.0% (SIVR) −1.4% (AGG)

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SIVR +3.6 pts vs AGG

Expense ratio 0.50% 0.04%

Holdings not counted 1684

Net assets, SLV as of Oct 28, 2026 and SPSB as of Oct 27, 2026 $26.9bn $11.3bn

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

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About each fund

SLV

Its expense ratio is 0.50% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

SLV holds silver. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.9% with distributions reinvested, against +15.0% for its benchmark, the price of silver. It sat 53.5% below its high of Jan 28, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

SPSB

SPSB tracks an index of Short Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.2% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SLV or SPSB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SLV returned +14.9% and SPSB +2.2%.
Which is cheaper, SLV or SPSB?: SPSB is cheaper, by 0.46 percentage points a year. That is about $46 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

iShares page for SLV ↗

SPSB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPSB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

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