Do PAVE and SIL hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 0% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.

Which is more different from the S&P 500, PAVE or SIL?

PAVE has 62% of its weight in S&P 500 names and SIL has 0%, so SIL differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, PAVE or SIL?

PAVE charges 0.47% a year and SIL charges 0.65%, so PAVE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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PAVE vs SIL: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, PAVE returned +11.4% to SIL's +18.3%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 12, 2026: $13.6bn for Global X U.S. Infrastructure Development ETF and $4.4bn for Global X Silver Miners ETF.

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At a glance

62.1%

PAVE in the S&P 500

0.0%

SIL in the S&P 500

+11.4%

PAVE total return, 1 year

+18.3%

SIL total return, 1 year

PAVE · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 38% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

62% of PAVE's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 38% is outside the index. Holdings as of May 31, 2026.

SIL · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 100% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

0% of SIL's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 100% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jul 31, 2026.

Pair scorecard

PAVE costs 0.18 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.9 points; PAVE is 3.1 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

PAVE vs SIL: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	PAVE	SIL
Return
Measure	PAVE	SIL
Total return, 1 year	+11.4%	+18.3%
Drawdown
Measure	PAVE	SIL
Below its all-time high	10.9%, high on Jun 25, 2026	34.2%, high on Feb 27, 2026
Against its benchmark
Measure	PAVE	SIL
What it tracks	Infrastructure	Silver miners
Its benchmark, total return, 1 year		+13.4%
Against its benchmark, 1 year		ahead by 4.9 pts
Cost and size
Measure	PAVE	SIL
Expense ratio	0.47%	0.65%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$13.6bn	$4.4bn
Holdings
Measure	PAVE	SIL
Holdings in common	0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Mar 17, 2017 to Oct 23, 2026 · 501 weekly returns

PAVE SIL

Return

Total return edge PAVE +267.9% +135.8%

Annualized edge PAVE +14.5% +9.3%

Price return edge PAVE +246.3% +110.9%

Risk

Volatility edge PAVE 24.0% 39.3%

Max drawdown edge PAVE −42.2% −53.5%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge PAVE 0.58 0.36

Sortino edge PAVE 0.84 0.53

Calmar edge PAVE 0.34 0.17

Reading

PAVE returned more: +267.9% to +135.8%. PAVE swung less: 24.0% to 39.3%. PAVE fell less at its worst: −42.2% to −53.5%.

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Risk and return: PAVE vs SIL: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	PAVE	SIL	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+267.9%	+135.8%	PAVE	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+14.5%	+9.3%	PAVE	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+246.3%	+110.9%	PAVE	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	24.0%	39.3%	PAVE	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	16.5%	26.9%	PAVE	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−42.2%	−53.5%	PAVE	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.58	0.36	PAVE	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.84	0.53	PAVE	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.34	0.17	PAVE	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 501 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, PAVE and SIL hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first PAVE SIL

Only in one fund ↓

Only in PAVE

QUANTA SERVICES, INC. 4.18%

CSX Corporation 3.48%

EATON CORPORATION PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 3.30%

HOWMET AEROSPACE INC. 3.27%

TRANE TECHNOLOGIES PLC 3.19%

UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION 3.12%

NUCOR CORPORATION 3.10%

ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC. 2.92%

Only in SIL

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. 22.38%

Pan American Silver Corp. 12.54%

COEUR MINING, INC. 10.59%

INDUSTRIAS PENOLES, S.A.B. DE C.V. 5.21%

HECLA MINING COMPANY 4.63%

FIRST MAJESTIC SILVER CORP. 4.47%

FRESNILLO PLC 4.30%

Compania de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. 4.18%

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Window by window

Window by window: PAVE vs SIL: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return		vs its benchmark
Window	PAVE	SIL	PAVE	SIL
3 months	−3.0%	+6.3%	not measured	+1.9 pts vs ACWI
6 months	−3.1%	−10.2%	not measured	−17.6 pts vs ACWI
1 year	+11.4%	+18.3%	not measured	+4.9 pts vs ACWI
3 years	+92.8%	+227.9%	not measured	+139.0 pts vs ACWI
Since launchNot the same days: PAVE Mar 2017 · SIL Apr 2010	+284.2%	+109.0%	not measured	−286.2 pts vs ACWI

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Side by side

PAVE Global X U.S. Infrastructure Development ETF · Holds 100 stocks in infrastructure, 62% of its weight in S&P 500 companies SIL Global X Silver Miners ETF · Holds 39 stocks in silver miners, 0% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer Global X Global X

Theme Infrastructure Silver miners

In the S&P 500 62.1% 0.0%

Active share vs the S&P 500 97.2% 100.0%

In the Nasdaq-100 6.2% 0.0%

Holdings 100 39

Top ten, share of the fund 32.3% 76.3%

Expense ratio 0.47% 0.65%

Fee for the differing part 0.48% 0.65%

Total return, 1 year +11.4% +18.3%

vs its benchmark not measured +4.9 pts vs ACWI

Below its high −10.9% −34.2%

Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026 $13.6bn $4.4bn

As of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

0% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

Client brief · page 1 of 2 Report BR-5732024EA9

PAVE and SIL are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

Theme. PAVE covers Infrastructure and SIL covers Silver miners.
Concentration. The top ten holdings are 32.3% of PAVE and 76.3% of SIL, a gap of 44.0 points.
What each follows. PAVE follows Infrastructure and SIL follows Silver miners.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

PAVE

By weight, 62% of PAVE's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 97%. The top ten holdings are 32% of the fund across 100 positions, as filed for May 31, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +11.4% with distributions reinvested. It sits 10.9% below its all-time high of Jun 25, 2026.

SIL

By weight, 0% of SIL's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 100%. The top ten holdings are 76% of the fund across 39 positions, as filed for Jul 31, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +18.3% with distributions reinvested against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI Index, so a holder was ahead by 4.9 pts. It sits 34.2% below its all-time high of Feb 27, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do PAVE and SIL hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 0% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, PAVE or SIL?: PAVE has 62% of its weight in S&P 500 names and SIL has 0%, so SIL differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, PAVE or SIL?: PAVE charges 0.47% a year and SIL charges 0.65%, so PAVE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

PAVE and SIL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

PAVE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Global X page for PAVE ↗

SIL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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