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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SLV returned +14.9% and VWO +4.8%.

Which is cheaper, SLV or VWO?

VWO 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.

Across categories

SLV vs VWO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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SLV is a commodity fund and VWO an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SLV returned +14.9% against +4.8%.

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Net assets: $26.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Silver Trust, and $125.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF.

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At a glance

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

+4.8%

VWO total return, 1 year

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

0.06%

VWO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VWO costs 0.44 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.1 points; VWO is 4.2 times larger.

SLV vs VWO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SLV	VWO
Return
Measure	SLV	VWO
Total return, 1 year	+14.9%	+4.8%
Drawdown
Measure	SLV	VWO
Below its high	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026	7.0%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SLV	VWO
What it tracks	Silver	FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index
Cost and size
Measure	SLV	VWO
Expense ratio	0.50%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$30.0bn	$125.4bn
Holdings
Measure	SLV	VWO
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		29.8%

Method

Side by side

SLV iShares Silver Trust VWO Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Holds silver Tracks an index of Emerging markets

Total return, 1 year +14.9% +4.8%

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 6515

Net assets, SLV as of Oct 28, 2026 and VWO as of Sep 30, 2026 $26.9bn $125.4bn

SLV and VWO 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.

VWO

VWO tracks an index of Emerging markets. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +4.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 6,515 positions, with the top ten at 29.8%. It sat 7.0% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SLV or VWO?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SLV returned +14.9% and VWO +4.8%.
Which is cheaper, SLV or VWO?: VWO 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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SLV on its own →VWO on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →VWO dividend history →VWO holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

iShares page for SLV ↗

VWO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VWO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VWO ↗

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