All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

SLV: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

SLV real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, SLV returned +118.90% over the past year and +0.86% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Apr. 28, 2006, SLV is up +192.34% in real purchasing-power return, or +5.49%/yr, and is currently āˆ’38.27% below its real total-return high on Jan. 28, 2026.

Fri 2006-04-28? to Tue 2026-05-19 YTD
Return
1 Year
Return
SLV
×
+0.86%
2026-05-19
+118.90%
2026-05-19
iShares Silver Trust Exchange-Traded Fund

Returns

Fri 2006-04-28? to Tue 2026-05-19 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
SLV
×
+192.34%
+5.49%/yr
+0.56%/yr
(R2=0.010)
iShares Silver Trust Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000

Fri 2006-04-28? to Tue 2026-05-19 Start
Value
End
Value
SLV
×
$10,000.00
2006-04-28
$29,233.57
2026-05-19
iShares Silver Trust Exchange-Traded Fund

Annual Returns

Year SLV
2026 (YTD) +0.86%
2025 +138.29%
2024 +17.50%
2023 āˆ’4.29%
2022 āˆ’3.85%
2021 āˆ’18.21%
2020 +45.32%
2019 +12.31%
2018 āˆ’10.89%
2017 +3.63%
2016 +12.23%
2015 āˆ’13.05%
2014 āˆ’20.11%
2013 āˆ’37.24%
2012 +7.16%
2011 āˆ’13.31%
2010 +79.79%
2009 +43.76%
2008 āˆ’23.86%
2007 +9.76%
2006 āˆ’7.05%

Drawdowns

Fri 2006-04-28? to Tue 2026-05-19 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
SLV
×
āˆ’38.27%
from 2026-01-28 peak
āˆ’79.36%
2020-03-18
from 2011-04-28 peak
iShares Silver Trust Exchange-Traded Fund

Rolling Returns

Period ending Tue 2026-05-19 1
Year
2
Years
3
Years
5
Years
10
Years
SLV
×
+118.90% +118.56%
+47.72%/yr
+178.67%
+40.71%/yr
+109.12%
+15.90%/yr
+206.89%
+11.87%/yr
iShares Silver Trust Exchange-Traded Fund