SLV · iShares Silver Trust
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SLV holds silver and returned +14.9% over the past year.
SLV charges 0.50% a year by its 10-Q filed Aug 6, 2026 and returned +14.9% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
Promise check: DeliveredOver the year to Oct 28, 2026, SLV returned 14.9% against 15.0% for SIVR, on the price of silver. Fees aside, SLV finished 0.09 points ahead of SIVR.
SLV risk and return scorecard
vs SIVR · Jul 2009 to Oct 2026 · 899 weekly returns · dividend-adjusted
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records; risk-free rate: U.S. Treasury, Daily Treasury Bill Rates, 13-week coupon equivalent Method · Data
Money in and out
Net fund flows · Oct 23, 2026What you earned
How concentrated, and what does it cost?
More on SLV
Every number below is on this page. Open what you need.Price, 1 year
$49.06−0.2%1 day, priceClose, Oct 28, 2026
Price only. No distribution was paid over these days, so total return is the same. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices. Data as of Oct 28, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Window | Total return | Benchmark (SIVR) | Gap to SIVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M Sep 28 – Oct 28, 2026 | −10.7% | −10.7% | 0.0 pts |
| 3M Jul 29 – Oct 28, 2026 | −5.2% | −5.2% | 0.0 pts |
| 6M Apr 29 – Oct 28, 2026 | −24.3% | −24.3% | 0.0 pts |
| YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026 | −23.8% | −23.7% | −0.1 pts |
| 1Y Oct 28, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026 | +14.9% | +15.0% | −0.1 pts |
| 3Y Oct 27, 2023 – Oct 28, 2026 | +131.6% | +133.0% | −1.4 pts |
| 5Y Oct 29, 2021 – Oct 28, 2026 | +122.1% | +124.2% | −2.1 pts |
| 10Y Oct 28, 2016 – Oct 28, 2026 | +190.8% | +196.5% | −5.7 pts |
| Since launch Apr 28, 2006 – Oct 28, 2026 | +255.2% | not available | not available |
| Since launch, annualised Apr 28, 2006 – Oct 28, 2026 | +6.4% | – | – |
Total returns, distributions reinvested.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.
Money in and out
Daily data · as of Oct 23, 2026SLV: in the year to Oct 23, 2026, net $302m went out; in the month to Oct 23, 2026, $237m came in.
Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026
Sep 28, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026
Jul 28, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026
Jan 2, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026
Oct 28, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026
SLV, net flow each trading day over the 63 sessions from Jul 28, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026: money came in on 22 days and went out on 19 days.
Money in on 22 of the 63 trading days, out on 19.
SLV, net flow each trading day over the 249 sessions from Oct 28, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026: money came in on 78 days and went out on 109 days.
Money in on 78 of the 249 trading days, out on 109.
SLV, net flow each trading day over the 400 sessions from Mar 24, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026: money came in on 141 days and went out on 171 days.
Money in on 141 of the 400 trading days, out on 171.
Computed by ETFIQ from iShares’s daily data: each day’s change in shares outstanding times the previous day’s net asset value.
How this is computed
Percentages are of net assets at the start of each window. Numbers are net: money in less money out. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for SLV, back to Oct 2019, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare SLV with other funds in the flows tool
Every trading day, last 3 months63 days
Most recent first.
Week by week, last year52 weeks
Net flow into SLV each week, Oct 28, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026, most recent first, each week named by its last trading day with data. Computed by ETFIQ.
Month by month, money in and money outNov 2023 to Oct 2026
SLV, money in and money out each month from Nov 2023 to Sep 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Every bar is ETFIQ’s sum of its days. Oct 2026 is still in progress, so it is in the list and not drawn. Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 23 and went out in 13.
Every bar is ETFIQ’s sum of its days. Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 23 and went out in 13.
Most recent first.
How this is computed
Months summed from daily data: money in adds the days money came in; money out adds the days it went out.
N-PORT months are the filed sales plus reinvestments less redemptions. Later months add up the daily data; the Source column names any missing day.
Source: ETFIQ, from the fund’s daily share counts and net asset values, and its SEC N-PORT filings. Data as of Oct 23, 2026.
SLV key stats
Trading
as of Oct 28, 2026
SLV holds 479,760,527 troy ounces of silver, from its 10-Q for Jun 30, 2026. Source: the fund’s SEC filing.
Source: SEC 10-Q. Data as of Jun 30, 2026. Updated when the fund files its next report.
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About SLV
12 seats on SLV, as of Oct 28, 2026: 1 Mixed, 4 Challenges, 4 Not enough data, 3 Does not apply.
Questions people ask about SLV
- How has SLV performed?
- Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SLV returned +14.9% with distributions reinvested, against +15.0% for its benchmark, the price of silver. Over three years the number is +131.6%.
- What does SLV cost?
- Its expense ratio is 0.50% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.
- How far is SLV below its high?
- 53.5% below its high of Jan 28, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 28, 2026.
- What is the expense ratio of SLV?
- SLV's expense ratio is 0.50% a year, read from 10-Q, Aug 6, 2026.
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