Commodities: Precious Metals Silver

SIVR Top Performer Intra-day
Price $22.38
Today’s Change 0.99%
4:00pm 03/28/2023
SLVO Bottom Performer Intra-day
Price $80.73
Today’s Change 0.56%
4:00pm 03/28/2023

ETF.com Insight

With 3 ETFs and over $11.83B in combined AUM, the Commodities: Precious Metals Silver segment provides exposure to the Global space with a focus on Silver securities.

Year-to-date, the best-performing ETF in the segment is the abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF (SIVR), with a total return of -3.57%. Meanwhile, the most popular ETF is the iShares Silver Trust (SLV) with $10.63BB in assets under management.

Investors should take a look at the abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF (SIVR). This fund has been chosen as an Analyst Pick by FactSet, thus is the best ETF for the average investor. SIVR tracks the silver spot price, less trust expenses, using silver bullion. SIVR has an expense ratio of 0.30% and tracks the LBMA Silver Price.

ETF.com Efficiency Insight

The average efficiency score in the Commodities: Precious Metals Silver segment is 90 out of 100, with the abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF(SIVR) obtaining the highest rating of 93 out of 100.

Costs dominate the discussion around efficiency. ETFs in the segment have an average expense ratio of 0.48% per year, with the abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF (SIVR) having the lowest expense ratio, charging investors 0.30% yearly.

Investors should look for funds with tight tracking, such as the abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF (SIVR), with a 12-month median tracking difference of -0.25%.

Tracking Difference (12 Month)

ETF.com Tradability Insight

The average tradability score in the Commodities: Precious Metals Silver segment is 94 out of 100, with the abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF(SIVR) obtaining the highest rating of 98 out of 100.

The iShares Silver Trust (SLV) is the undisputed segment leader when it comes to liquidity. The fund trades 362.36M in daily average volume. Investors should also find ample liquidity in the abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF (SIVR), with $14.36M in daily dollar volume.

Use limit orders to trade funds such as the Credit Suisse X-Links Silver Shares Covered Call ETN(SLVO), due to their double-digit market spreads.

ETF.com/ Block Liquidity

This measurement shows how easy it is to trade 25,000 shares of each ETF.

ETF.com Fit Insight

The LBMA Silver Price has been selected as the index that most accurately represents the market in question. The benchmark has been selected by the ETF Analytics team at FactSet, according to a series of guidelines to ensure this index accurately captures its market.

Investors trying to match a broad market exposure should pay attention to SIVR. This fund obtains a high Fit score and investors should capture market-like returns.

Other funds diverge from the market, by nature of their investment mandates; for example, SLVO follows a Buy-write strategy and obtains a low Fit score compared with our neutral benchmark.

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