# SLV (iShares Silver Trust)

iShares · Commodity ETFs · Single commodity or commodity sector · data as of Oct 28, 2026

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: Delivered. 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. https://etfiq.com/promise-index/commodities/

SLV holds silver and returned +14.9% over the past year.

## Key facts

- SLV, total return, 1 year: +14.9%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- SLV, expense ratio: 0.50%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- SLV, troy ounces of silver (10-Q, Jun 30, 2026): 479.8m, as of Jun 30, 2026.
- SLV, below its high: −53.5%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- SLV, net assets: $26.9bn (the issuer’s own daily fund list, as of Oct 28, 2026).
- SLV, benchmark: The price of silver, measured by SIVR, which also holds silver (ETFIQ, from its filings).

## SLV over each window to Oct 28, 2026

| Window | Total return | Benchmark (SIVR) | Gap to SIVR |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 month | −10.7% | −10.7% | 0.0 pts |
| 3 months | −5.2% | −5.2% | 0.0 pts |
| 6 months | −24.3% | −24.3% | 0.0 pts |
| Year to date | −23.8% | −23.7% | −0.1 pts |
| 1 year | +14.9% | +15.0% | −0.1 pts |
| 3 years | +131.6% | +133.0% | −1.4 pts |
| 5 years | +122.1% | +124.2% | −2.1 pts |
| 10 years | +190.8% | +196.5% | −5.7 pts |
| Since launch | +255.2% | not available | not available |
| Since launch, annualised | +6.4% | – | – |

## SLV key stats

- 52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $105.60 on Jan 28, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- 52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $42.74 on Nov 4, 2025 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range: $49.06, 10% of the way from the low to the high (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Beta to its benchmark, 1 year: 1.00, against SIVR (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- R-squared, the same days: 1.00 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Beta and R-squared measured over: 251 daily total returns, Oct 29, 2025 to Oct 28, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)

## SLV trading

- Not scored.
- Premium to NAV at the Oct 28 close: +1.07%; 95% of days within ±4.91%.
- The full trading page: https://etfiq.com/funds/slv/trading/

## Every published field

| Field | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What it holds | Silver | ETFIQ |
| Fund type | Commodity fund | ETFIQ |
| Category | Commodities · Single commodity or commodity sector | ETFIQ |
| Expense ratio, three months to Jun 30, 2026 | 0.50% | 10-Q, Aug 6, 2026 |
| Price | $49.06 | ETFIQ |
| First traded | Apr 28, 2006 | ETFIQ |
| Net assets | $26.9bn | the issuer’s own daily fund list, as of Oct 28, 2026 |
| Benchmark | The price of silver, measured by SIVR, which also holds silver | ETFIQ, from its filings |
| SLV, 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 | +14.9% | ETFIQ |
| SIVR, the same days | +15.0% | ETFIQ |
| Against its benchmark, 1 year | −0.1 pts | ETFIQ |
| Below its high | −53.5% | ETFIQ |

## Money in and out, to Oct 23, 2026

| Window | Dates | Net flow |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 week | Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | −$10.9m |
| 1 month | Sep 28, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$237m |
| 3 months | Jul 28, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$998m |
| Year to date | Jan 2, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | −$2.4bn |
| 1 year | Oct 28, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026 | −$302m |

Computed by ETFIQ from the change in shares outstanding times the previous day’s NAV. Every day and month: <https://etfiq.com/data/flows/funds/slv.json>. Method: https://etfiq.com/methodology/flows

## Questions

### 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.


## Cite this page

ETFIQ, SLV, commodity fund, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/slv
Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at <https://etfiq.com/data/>.

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