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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SLV returned +14.9% and VIG +13.9%.

Which is cheaper, SLV or VIG?

VIG 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 VIG: Differences, Returns & Fees

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SLV is a commodity fund and VIG an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SLV returned +14.9% against +13.9%.

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Net assets: $26.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Silver Trust, and $109.1bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Div Appreciation ETF.

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At a glance

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

+13.9%

VIG total return, 1 year

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

0.04%

VIG expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VIG costs 0.46 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.0 point; VIG is 3.6 times larger.

SLV vs VIG: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SLV	VIG
Return
Measure	SLV	VIG
Total return, 1 year	+14.9%	+13.9%
Drawdown
Measure	SLV	VIG
Below its high	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SLV	VIG
What it tracks	Silver	S&P U.S. Dividend Growers Index
Cost and size
Measure	SLV	VIG
Expense ratio	0.50%	0.04%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$30.0bn	$109.1bn
Holdings
Measure	SLV	VIG
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		93%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		34.5%

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Side by side

SLV iShares Silver Trust VIG Vanguard Div Appreciation ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Holds silver Tracks an index of Dividend growth

Total return, 1 year +14.9% +13.9%

Its benchmark over the same days +15.0% (SIVR) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SIVR not measured

Expense ratio 0.50% 0.04%

Holdings not counted 335

Net assets, SLV as of Oct 28, 2026 and VIG as of Sep 30, 2026 $26.9bn $109.1bn

SLV and VIG 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.

VIG

VIG tracks an index of Dividend growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 93% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 335 positions, with the top ten at 34.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SLV or VIG?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SLV returned +14.9% and VIG +13.9%.
Which is cheaper, SLV or VIG?: VIG 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 ↗

VIG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VIG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VIG ↗

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