{
 "ticker": "SLV",
 "name": "iShares Silver Trust",
 "issuer": "iShares",
 "desk": "core",
 "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/slv",
 "html": "https://etfiq.com/funds/slv",
 "markdown": "https://etfiq.com/funds/slv.md",
 "as_of": "2026-10-28",
 "verdict": "SLV holds silver and returned +14.9% over the past year.",
 "lead": "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.",
 "category": {
  "id": "commodities",
  "name": "Commodities",
  "label": "Commodity ETFs",
  "url": "https://etfiq.com/commodities/",
  "group": {
   "id": "commodities",
   "name": "Commodities"
  },
  "segment": {
   "id": "commodities-focused",
   "name": "Single commodity or commodity sector",
   "url": "https://etfiq.com/commodities/focused/"
  },
  "status": "classified",
  "as_of": "2026-10-29",
  "method": "https://etfiq.com/methodology/categories"
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 "promise": {
  "badge": "delivered",
  "label": "Delivered",
  "category": "commodities",
  "sentence": "Over 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.",
  "figure": 0.09,
  "unit": "points",
  "from": "2025-10-28",
  "to": "2026-10-28",
  "url": "https://etfiq.com/promise-index/commodities/"
 },
 "key_facts": [
  {
   "key": "total_return_1_year",
   "label": "Total return, 1 year",
   "value": "+14.9%",
   "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices",
   "as_of": "2026-10-28",
   "sentence": "SLV, total return, 1 year: +14.9%, as of Oct 28, 2026.",
   "cite": {
    "value": "+14.9%",
    "as_of": "2026-10-28",
    "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices",
    "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/slv#fact-total-return-1-year",
    "text": "SLV, total return, 1 year: +14.9%, as of Oct 28, 2026."
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "expense_ratio",
   "label": "Expense ratio",
   "value": "0.50%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-10-28",
   "sentence": "SLV, expense ratio: 0.50%, as of Oct 28, 2026.",
   "cite": {
    "value": "0.50%",
    "as_of": "2026-10-28",
    "source": null,
    "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/slv#fact-expense-ratio",
    "text": "SLV, expense ratio: 0.50%, as of Oct 28, 2026."
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "troy_ounces_of_silver",
   "label": "Troy ounces of silver (10-Q, Jun 30, 2026)",
   "value": "479.8m",
   "source": "10-Q, Jun 30, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-06-30",
   "sentence": "SLV, troy ounces of silver (10-Q, Jun 30, 2026): 479.8m, as of Jun 30, 2026.",
   "cite": {
    "value": "479.8m",
    "as_of": "2026-06-30",
    "source": "10-Q, Jun 30, 2026",
    "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/slv#fact-troy-ounces-of-silver",
    "text": "SLV, troy ounces of silver (10-Q, Jun 30, 2026): 479.8m, as of Jun 30, 2026."
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "below_its_high",
   "label": "Below its high",
   "value": "\u221253.5%",
   "source": "ETFIQ",
   "as_of": "2026-10-28",
   "sentence": "SLV, below its high: \u221253.5%, as of Oct 28, 2026.",
   "cite": {
    "value": "\u221253.5%",
    "as_of": "2026-10-28",
    "source": "ETFIQ",
    "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/slv#fact-below-its-high",
    "text": "SLV, below its high: \u221253.5%, as of Oct 28, 2026."
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$26.9bn",
   "source": "the issuer\u2019s own daily fund list, as of Oct 28, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-10-28",
   "sentence": "SLV, net assets: $26.9bn (the issuer\u2019s own daily fund list, as of Oct 28, 2026).",
   "cite": {
    "value": "$26.9bn",
    "as_of": "2026-10-28",
    "source": "the issuer\u2019s own daily fund list, as of Oct 28, 2026",
    "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/slv#fact-net-assets",
    "text": "SLV, net assets: $26.9bn (the issuer\u2019s own daily fund list, as of Oct 28, 2026)."
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "benchmark",
   "label": "Benchmark",
   "value": "The price of silver, measured by SIVR, which also holds silver",
   "source": "ETFIQ, from its filings",
   "as_of": "2026-10-28",
   "sentence": "SLV, benchmark: The price of silver, measured by SIVR, which also holds silver (ETFIQ, from its filings).",
   "cite": {
    "value": "The price of silver, measured by SIVR, which also holds silver",
    "as_of": "2026-10-28",
    "source": "ETFIQ, from its filings",
    "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/slv#fact-benchmark",
    "text": "SLV, benchmark: The price of silver, measured by SIVR, which also holds silver (ETFIQ, from its filings)."
   }
  }
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 "fields": [
  {
   "key": "what_it_holds",
   "label": "What it holds",
   "value": "Silver",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "fund_type",
   "label": "Fund type",
   "value": "Commodity fund",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "category",
   "label": "Category",
   "value": "Commodities \u00b7 Single commodity or commodity sector",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "expense_ratio_three_months_to_jun_30_2026",
   "label": "Expense ratio, three months to Jun 30, 2026",
   "value": "0.50%",
   "source": "10-Q, Aug 6, 2026"
  },
  {
   "key": "price",
   "label": "Price",
   "value": "$49.06",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "first_traded",
   "label": "First traded",
   "value": "Apr 28, 2006",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$26.9bn",
   "source": "the issuer\u2019s own daily fund list, as of Oct 28, 2026"
  },
  {
   "key": "benchmark",
   "label": "Benchmark",
   "value": "The price of silver, measured by SIVR, which also holds silver",
   "source": "ETFIQ, from its filings"
  },
  {
   "key": "slv_1_year_to_oct_28_2026",
   "label": "SLV, 1 year to Oct 28, 2026",
   "value": "+14.9%",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "sivr_the_same_days",
   "label": "SIVR, the same days",
   "value": "+15.0%",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "against_its_benchmark_1_year",
   "label": "Against its benchmark, 1 year",
   "value": "\u22120.1 pts",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "below_its_high",
   "label": "Below its high",
   "value": "\u221253.5%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  }
 ],
 "periods": [
  {
   "window": "1 month",
   "Total return": "\u221210.7%",
   "Benchmark (SIVR)": "\u221210.7%",
   "Gap to SIVR": "0.0 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "3 months",
   "Total return": "\u22125.2%",
   "Benchmark (SIVR)": "\u22125.2%",
   "Gap to SIVR": "0.0 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "6 months",
   "Total return": "\u221224.3%",
   "Benchmark (SIVR)": "\u221224.3%",
   "Gap to SIVR": "0.0 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "Year to date",
   "Total return": "\u221223.8%",
   "Benchmark (SIVR)": "\u221223.7%",
   "Gap to SIVR": "\u22120.1 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "1 year",
   "Total return": "+14.9%",
   "Benchmark (SIVR)": "+15.0%",
   "Gap to SIVR": "\u22120.1 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "3 years",
   "Total return": "+131.6%",
   "Benchmark (SIVR)": "+133.0%",
   "Gap to SIVR": "\u22121.4 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "5 years",
   "Total return": "+122.1%",
   "Benchmark (SIVR)": "+124.2%",
   "Gap to SIVR": "\u22122.1 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "10 years",
   "Total return": "+190.8%",
   "Benchmark (SIVR)": "+196.5%",
   "Gap to SIVR": "\u22125.7 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "Since launch",
   "Total return": "+255.2%",
   "Benchmark (SIVR)": "not available",
   "Gap to SIVR": "not available"
  },
  {
   "window": "Since launch, annualised",
   "Total return": "+6.4%",
   "Benchmark (SIVR)": "\u2013",
   "Gap to SIVR": "\u2013"
  }
 ],
 "questions": [
  {
   "q": "How has SLV performed?",
   "a": "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%."
  },
  {
   "q": "What does SLV cost?",
   "a": "Its expense ratio is 0.50% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states."
  },
  {
   "q": "How far is SLV below its high?",
   "a": "53.5% below its high of Jan 28, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 28, 2026."
  },
  {
   "q": "What is the expense ratio of SLV?",
   "a": "SLV's expense ratio is 0.50% a year, read from 10-Q, Aug 6, 2026."
  }
 ],
 "key_stats": [
  {
   "key": "high52",
   "label": "52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026",
   "value": "$105.60 on Jan 28, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-01-28",
   "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices",
   "number": 105.6,
   "window": {
    "from": "2025-10-29",
    "to": "2026-10-28"
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "low52",
   "label": "52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026",
   "value": "$42.74 on Nov 4, 2025",
   "as_of": "2025-11-04",
   "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices",
   "number": 42.74,
   "window": {
    "from": "2025-10-29",
    "to": "2026-10-28"
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "inrange",
   "label": "Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range",
   "value": "$49.06, 10% of the way from the low to the high",
   "as_of": "2026-10-28",
   "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices",
   "number": 49.06
  },
  {
   "key": "beta",
   "label": "Beta to its benchmark, 1 year",
   "value": "1.00, against SIVR",
   "as_of": "2026-10-28",
   "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices",
   "number": 1.0,
   "window": {
    "from": "2025-10-29",
    "to": "2026-10-28"
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "r2",
   "label": "R-squared, the same days",
   "value": "1.00",
   "as_of": "2026-10-28",
   "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices",
   "number": 0.9999,
   "window": {
    "from": "2025-10-29",
    "to": "2026-10-28"
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "betawin",
   "label": "Beta and R-squared measured over",
   "value": "251 daily total returns, Oct 29, 2025 to Oct 28, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-10-28",
   "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices",
   "window": {
    "from": "2025-10-29",
    "to": "2026-10-28"
   }
  }
 ],
 "trading": {
  "as_of": "2026-10-28",
  "score": null,
  "tier": null,
  "status": "not-scored",
  "lines": [
   "Not scored.",
   "Premium to NAV at the Oct 28 close: +1.07%; 95% of days within \u00b14.91%."
  ],
  "page": "https://etfiq.com/funds/slv/trading/"
 },
 "flows": {
  "as_of": "2026-10-23",
  "coverage": "daily",
  "computed_by": "ETFIQ, from the change in shares outstanding times the previous day\u2019s NAV",
  "method": "https://etfiq.com/methodology/flows",
  "data": "https://etfiq.com/data/flows/funds/slv.json",
  "windows": [
   {
    "window": "1 week",
    "from": "2026-10-21",
    "to": "2026-10-23",
    "net_flow_usd": -10882332,
    "net_flow": "\u2212$10.9m",
    "round_trip_usd": 0,
    "days_counted": 3,
    "trading_days": 3
   },
   {
    "window": "1 month",
    "from": "2026-09-28",
    "to": "2026-10-23",
    "net_flow_usd": 236787388,
    "net_flow": "+$237m",
    "round_trip_usd": 0,
    "days_counted": 20,
    "trading_days": 20
   },
   {
    "window": "3 months",
    "from": "2026-07-28",
    "to": "2026-10-23",
    "net_flow_usd": 997581246,
    "net_flow": "+$998m",
    "round_trip_usd": 0,
    "days_counted": 63,
    "trading_days": 63
   },
   {
    "window": "Year to date",
    "from": "2026-01-02",
    "to": "2026-10-23",
    "net_flow_usd": -2397927829,
    "net_flow": "\u2212$2.4bn",
    "round_trip_usd": 0,
    "days_counted": 204,
    "trading_days": 204
   },
   {
    "window": "1 year",
    "from": "2025-10-28",
    "to": "2026-10-23",
    "net_flow_usd": -302401735,
    "net_flow": "\u2212$302m",
    "round_trip_usd": 0,
    "days_counted": 249,
    "trading_days": 249
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 },
 "generated": "2026-10-29",
 "license": "https://etfiq.com/license/",
 "license_text": "Data ETFIQ computes is free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.",
 "citation": "ETFIQ, SLV, commodity fund, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/slv"
}