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

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

Which is cheaper, SLV or VTI?

VTI 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.

Across categories

SLV vs VTI: Differences, Returns & Fees

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SLV is a commodity fund and VTI 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 $689.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF.

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At a glance

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

+13.5%

VTI total return, 1 year

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

0.03%

VTI expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VTI costs 0.47 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.4 points; VTI is far larger, $689.2bn against $30.0bn.

SLV vs VTI: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SLV	VTI
Return
Measure	SLV	VTI
Total return, 1 year	+14.9%	+13.5%
Drawdown
Measure	SLV	VTI
Below its high	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SLV	VTI
What it tracks	Silver	Morningstar US Total Market Index
Cost and size
Measure	SLV	VTI
Expense ratio	0.50%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$30.0bn	$689.2bn
Holdings
Measure	SLV	VTI
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		88%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		34.7%

Method

Side by side

SLV iShares Silver Trust VTI Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Holds silver Tracks an index of US total market

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% 0.03%

Holdings not counted 3521

Net assets, SLV as of Oct 28, 2026 and VTI as of Sep 30, 2026 $26.9bn $689.2bn

SLV and VTI 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.

VTI

VTI tracks an index of US total market. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3,521 positions, with the top ten at 34.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SLV or VTI?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SLV returned +14.9% and VTI +13.5%.
Which is cheaper, SLV or VTI?: VTI 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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SLV on its own →VTI on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →VTI dividend history →VTI holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

iShares page for SLV ↗

VTI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VTI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VTI ↗

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