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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SLV returned +14.9% and URTH +13.1%.

Which is cheaper, SLV or URTH?

URTH is cheaper, by 0.26 percentage points a year. That is about $26 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 URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees

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SLV is a commodity fund and URTH an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SLV returned +14.9% against +13.1%.

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Net assets on Oct 28, 2026: $26.9bn for iShares Silver Trust and $8.9bn for iShares MSCI World ETF.

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At a glance

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

+13.1%

URTH total return, 1 year

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

Pair scorecard

URTH costs 0.26 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.8 points; SLV is 3.0 times larger.

SLV vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SLV	URTH
Return
Measure	SLV	URTH
Total return, 1 year	+14.9%	+13.1%
Drawdown
Measure	SLV	URTH
Below its high	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SLV	URTH
What it tracks	Silver	MSCI World Index
Cost and size
Measure	SLV	URTH
Expense ratio	0.50%	0.24%
Net assets	$26.9bn	$8.9bn
Holdings
Measure	SLV	URTH
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		69%
Holdings dated		Oct 27, 2026
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		27.2%

Method

Side by side

SLV iShares Silver Trust URTH iShares MSCI World ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Holds silver Tracks the MSCI World

Total return, 1 year +14.9% +13.1%

Its benchmark over the same days +15.0% (SIVR) +13.4% (ACWI)

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SIVR −0.3 pts vs ACWI

Expense ratio 0.50% 0.24%

Holdings not counted 1254

Net assets $26.9bn $8.9bn

SLV and URTH 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.

URTH

URTH tracks the MSCI World. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.24% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 69% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,254 positions, with the top ten at 27.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SLV or URTH?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SLV returned +14.9% and URTH +13.1%.
Which is cheaper, SLV or URTH?: URTH is cheaper, by 0.26 percentage points a year. That is about $26 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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

Sources and dates

iShares page for SLV ↗

URTH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

URTH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for URTH ↗

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