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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SLV returned +14.9% and VYMI +22.3%.

Which is cheaper, SLV or VYMI?

VYMI is cheaper, by 0.43 percentage points a year. That is about $43 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 VYMI: Differences, Returns & Fees

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SLV is a commodity fund and VYMI an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, VYMI returned +22.3% against +14.9%.

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Net assets: $26.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Silver Trust, and $21.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF.

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At a glance

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

+22.3%

VYMI total return, 1 year

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

0.07%

VYMI expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VYMI costs 0.43 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.4 points; SLV is 1.4 times larger.

SLV vs VYMI: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SLV	VYMI
Return
Measure	SLV	VYMI
Total return, 1 year	+14.9%	+22.3%
Drawdown
Measure	SLV	VYMI
Below its high	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026	4.6%, high on Sep 3, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SLV	VYMI
What it tracks	Silver	FTSE All-World ex US High Dividend Yield Index
Cost and size
Measure	SLV	VYMI
Expense ratio	0.50%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$30.0bn	$21.4bn
Holdings
Measure	SLV	VYMI
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		13.8%

Method

Side by side

SLV iShares Silver Trust VYMI Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Holds silver Tracks an index of International High Dividend Yield

Total return, 1 year +14.9% +22.3%

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% 0.07%

Holdings not counted 1509

Net assets, SLV as of Oct 28, 2026 and VYMI as of Sep 30, 2026 $26.9bn $21.4bn

SLV and VYMI 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.

VYMI

VYMI tracks an index of International High Dividend Yield. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +22.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% 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 1,509 positions, with the top ten at 13.8%. It sat 4.6% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SLV or VYMI?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SLV returned +14.9% and VYMI +22.3%.
Which is cheaper, SLV or VYMI?: VYMI is cheaper, by 0.43 percentage points a year. That is about $43 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 ↗

VYMI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VYMI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VYMI ↗

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