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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SLV returned +14.9% and XLRE +4.3%.

Which is cheaper, SLV or XLRE?

XLRE is cheaper, by 0.42 percentage points a year. That is about $42 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 XLRE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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SLV is a commodity fund and XLRE an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SLV returned +14.9% against +4.3%.

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Net assets: $26.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Silver Trust, and $8.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF.

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At a glance

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

+4.3%

XLRE total return, 1 year

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

0.08%

XLRE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLRE costs 0.42 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.6 points; SLV is 3.3 times larger.

SLV vs XLRE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SLV	XLRE
Return
Measure	SLV	XLRE
Total return, 1 year	+14.9%	+4.3%
Drawdown
Measure	SLV	XLRE
Below its high	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026	7.7%, high on Jul 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SLV	XLRE
What it tracks	Silver	Real Estate Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	SLV	XLRE
Expense ratio	0.50%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$26.5bn	$8.0bn
Holdings
Measure	SLV	XLRE
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		100%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		58.9%

Method

Side by side

SLV iShares Silver Trust XLRE State Street Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Holds silver Tracks an index of Real estate

Total return, 1 year +14.9% +4.3%

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% 0.08%

Holdings not counted 31

Net assets, SLV as of Oct 28, 2026 and XLRE as of Oct 27, 2026 $26.9bn $8.0bn

SLV and XLRE 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.

XLRE

XLRE tracks an index of Real estate. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +4.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 31 positions, with the top ten at 58.9%. It sat 7.7% below its high of Jul 28, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SLV or XLRE?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SLV returned +14.9% and XLRE +4.3%.
Which is cheaper, SLV or XLRE?: XLRE is cheaper, by 0.42 percentage points a year. That is about $42 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 ↗

XLRE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLRE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

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