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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SLV returned +14.9% and VTIP +2.2%.

Which is cheaper, SLV or VTIP?

VTIP 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 VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees

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SLV is a commodity fund and VTIP a bond index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SLV returned +14.9% against +2.2%.

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Net assets: $26.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Silver Trust, and $20.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares.

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At a glance

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

+2.2%

VTIP total return, 1 year

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

0.03%

VTIP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VTIP costs 0.47 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 12.7 points; SLV is 1.4 times larger.

SLV vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SLV	VTIP
Return
Measure	SLV	VTIP
Total return, 1 year	+14.9%	+2.2%
Drawdown
Measure	SLV	VTIP
Below its high	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SLV	VTIP
What it tracks	Silver	Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0-5 Years Index
Cost and size
Measure	SLV	VTIP
Expense ratio	0.50%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$30.0bn	$20.9bn
Holdings
Measure	SLV	VTIP
Holdings in common	not published

Method

Side by side

SLV iShares Silver Trust VTIP Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares

Where it sits Commodity ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Holds silver Tracks an index of Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities

Total return, 1 year +14.9% +2.2%

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 26

Net assets, SLV as of Oct 28, 2026 and VTIP as of Sep 30, 2026 $26.9bn $20.9bn

SLV and VTIP 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.

VTIP

VTIP tracks an index of Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SLV or VTIP?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SLV returned +14.9% and VTIP +2.2%.
Which is cheaper, SLV or VTIP?: VTIP 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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Where to next

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

Sources and dates

iShares page for SLV ↗

VTIP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VTIP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VTIP ↗

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