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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SLV returned +14.9% and VXF +10.6%.

Which is cheaper, SLV or VXF?

VXF is cheaper, by 0.45 percentage points a year. That is about $45 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 VXF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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SLV is a commodity fund and VXF an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SLV returned +14.9% against +10.6%.

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Net assets: $26.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Silver Trust, and $30.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Extended Market ETF.

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At a glance

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

+10.6%

VXF total return, 1 year

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

0.05%

VXF expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VXF costs 0.45 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.3 points.

SLV vs VXF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SLV	VXF
Return
Measure	SLV	VXF
Total return, 1 year	+14.9%	+10.6%
Drawdown
Measure	SLV	VXF
Below its high	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026	6.6%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SLV	VXF
What it tracks	Silver	S&P Completion Index
Cost and size
Measure	SLV	VXF
Expense ratio	0.50%	0.05%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$30.0bn	$30.2bn
Holdings
Measure	SLV	VXF
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		11.3%

Method

Side by side

SLV iShares Silver Trust VXF Vanguard Extended Market ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Holds silver Tracks an index of Extended Market

Total return, 1 year +14.9% +10.6%

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% 0.05%

Holdings not counted 3361

Net assets, SLV as of Oct 28, 2026 and VXF as of Sep 30, 2026 $26.9bn $30.2bn

SLV and VXF 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.

VXF

VXF tracks an index of Extended Market. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +10.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% 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 3,361 positions, with the top ten at 11.3%. It sat 6.6% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SLV or VXF?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SLV returned +14.9% and VXF +10.6%.
Which is cheaper, SLV or VXF?: VXF is cheaper, by 0.45 percentage points a year. That is about $45 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 ↗

VXF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VXF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VXF ↗

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