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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SLV returned +14.9% and VGIT −1.5%.

Which is cheaper, SLV or VGIT?

VGIT is cheaper, by 0.47 percentage points a year. That is about $47 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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SLV vs VGIT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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SLV is a commodity fund and VGIT a bond index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SLV returned +14.9% against −1.5%.

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Net assets: $26.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Silver Trust, and $39.7bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF.

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At a glance

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

−1.5%

VGIT total return, 1 year

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

0.03%

VGIT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VGIT costs 0.47 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 16.4 points; VGIT is 1.3 times larger.

SLV vs VGIT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SLV	VGIT
Return
Measure	SLV	VGIT
Total return, 1 year	+14.9%	−1.5%
Drawdown
Measure	SLV	VGIT
Below its high	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026	3.5%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	SLV	VGIT
What it tracks	Silver	Bloomberg U.S. Treasury 3-10 Year Index
Cost and size
Measure	SLV	VGIT
Expense ratio	0.50%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$30.0bn	$39.7bn
Holdings
Measure	SLV	VGIT
Holdings in common	not published

Method

Side by side

SLV iShares Silver Trust VGIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Holds silver Tracks an index of Intermediate-Term Treasury

Total return, 1 year +14.9% −1.5%

Its benchmark over the same days +15.0% (SIVR) −1.5% (SCHR)

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SIVR 0.0 pts vs SCHR

Expense ratio 0.50% 0.03%

Holdings not counted 103

Net assets, SLV as of Oct 28, 2026 and VGIT as of Sep 30, 2026 $26.9bn $39.7bn

SLV and VGIT 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.

VGIT

VGIT tracks an index of Intermediate-Term Treasury. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.5% with distributions reinvested, against −1.5% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury 3-10 Year Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 3.5% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SLV or VGIT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SLV returned +14.9% and VGIT −1.5%.
Which is cheaper, SLV or VGIT?: VGIT is cheaper, by 0.47 percentage points a year. That is about $47 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 ↗

VGIT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VGIT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VGIT ↗

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