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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SLV returned +14.9% and VT +13.5%.

Which is cheaper, SLV or VT?

VT is cheaper, by 0.44 percentage points a year. That is about $44 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 VT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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SLV is a commodity fund and VT an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SLV returned +14.9% against +13.5%.

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Net assets: $26.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Silver Trust, and $81.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF.

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At a glance

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

+13.5%

VT total return, 1 year

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

0.06%

VT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VT costs 0.44 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.4 points; VT is 2.7 times larger.

SLV vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SLV	VT
Return
Measure	SLV	VT
Total return, 1 year	+14.9%	+13.5%
Drawdown
Measure	SLV	VT
Below its high	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SLV	VT
What it tracks	Silver	FTSE Global All Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	SLV	VT
Expense ratio	0.50%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$30.0bn	$81.8bn
Holdings
Measure	SLV	VT
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		55%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		22.5%

Method

Side by side

SLV iShares Silver Trust VT Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Holds silver Tracks an index of Total World Stock

Total return, 1 year +14.9% +13.5%

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% 0.06%

Holdings not counted 10194

Net assets, SLV as of Oct 28, 2026 and VT as of Sep 30, 2026 $26.9bn $81.8bn

SLV and VT 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.

VT tracks an index of Total World Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 55% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 10,194 positions, with the top ten at 22.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SLV or VT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SLV returned +14.9% and VT +13.5%.
Which is cheaper, SLV or VT?: VT is cheaper, by 0.44 percentage points a year. That is about $44 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 ↗

VT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VT ↗

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