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SLV · iShares Silver Trust

SLV tracks the Silver and returned +53.8% over the past year.

Commodity fund · Silver · data as of

Key facts

+53.8%Total return, 1 year
0.50%Expense ratio
not filedHoldings
−45.0%Below its high

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Period by period

SLV over each window to Sep 11, 2026. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnS&P 500Gap to S&P 500Gap to Nasdaq-100
3 months−5.2%+3.3%−8.5 pts−4.4 pts
6 months−20.0%+16.0%−36.1 pts−40.7 pts
1 year+53.8%+17.5%+36.3 pts+30.8 pts
3 years+175.1%+77.9%+97.2 pts+80.0 pts
Since listing+237.3%+804.4%−567.1 pts−1436.6 pts

In plain words

SLV is a commodity fund tracking the Silver. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +53.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% a year. It sat 45.0% below its high of Jan 28, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

What it tracksSilver
Fund typeCommodity fund
Expense ratio (10-Q, Aug 6, 2026)0.50%
Price$58.12
Listed sinceJan 4, 2010
Net assets (the issuer own daily fund list, as of Sep 11, 2026)$31.4bn
Below its high (ETFIQ)−45.0%

Questions people ask

How has SLV performed?
Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, SLV returned +53.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500. Over three years the figure is +175.1%.
What does SLV cost?
The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% a year.
How far is SLV below its high?
45.0% below its high of Jan 28, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Sep 11, 2026.

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Where SLV is written about

SLV, core index fund, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 11, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. ETFIQ is an independent publisher, is not a fund issuer, broker-dealer or investment adviser, and makes no recommendations.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, SLV, core index fund, data as of Sep 11, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/slv Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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