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ETF comparison

IAU vs SIVR

Gold vs Silver.

iShares Gold Trust · abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF

Holdings overlap

Holdings overlap isn't available for IAU or SIVR.

Some fund types (grantor trusts, unit trusts) don't publish holdings in the standard monthly form we use. The side-by-side stats, sub-score comparison, and cost-difference panel below are still directly comparable.

Side by side

IAU

iShares Gold Trust

iShares · Gold

80 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.25%
Net assets
$62.22B
TTM yield
0.00%
Top-10 conc.
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SIVR

abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF

abrdn · Silver

73 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.30%
Net assets
$4.26B
TTM yield
0.00%
Top-10 conc.
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Sub-score comparison

75
Cost
70
66
Tax efficiency
66
100
Liquidity
84
N/A
Concentration
N/A
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Tracking quality
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IAU sub-score SIVR

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

IAU is 5 bps cheaper than SIVR. On a $100,000 position that's about $50/yr more in fees for SIVR.

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with IAU vs SIVR.

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see /methodology/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.