Global X - Silver Miners ETF
$92.56−4.86 (−4.98%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.65%
- Fund size
- $5.1B
- 1Y return
- +43.1%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.04%
- Holdings
- 39
- Volume · 30D
- 1.3M sh
- NAV per share
- $97.29
- 52W range
The ETF.net SIL Grade
Score 45 of 100 sits in the C band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.DScore 26Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 45Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 80Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 31Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 83Category rank
Our read on SIL
CThe original US silver-miner ETF, listed since 2010 and still the big, liquid name in a small aisle: about 40 global companies that mine, refine and explore for silver, rather than the metal in a vault.
The fund seeks to track the performance of the Solactive Global Silver Miners Total Return Index before fees and expenses, focusing on companies economically tied to silver mining.
Why people hold it
- The genre's originator, trading since 2010, now a multi-billion-dollar fund that changes hands actively, so getting in and out rarely takes gymnastics.globalxetfs.com
- Miners, not metal: roughly 40 global companies engaged in silver mining, refining or exploration, so production and cost discipline matter alongside the silver price.assets.globalxetfs.com
- Rules-based and readable: it tracks the Solactive Global Silver Miners Total Return Index, so the lineup follows published index rules, not a manager's hunches.assets.globalxetfs.com
Worth knowing
- It charges 0.65% a year, above the typical precious-metals miner fund. Newer rivals undercut it: SLVP at 0.39% and AGMI at 0.35%.
- A global book, much of it listed outside the US, so currency swings and country-level mining rules ride along with the silver story.assets.globalxetfs.com
- Income is a side effect here: cash distributions land once or twice a year, not monthly.
SIL Holdings
- Stocks
- 39
- 76%
- WPM
Sectors
- Materials99.9%
- Cons. Staples0.1%
Geography
- Canada62.52%
- United States20.61%
- Mexico8.50%
- Peru3.72%
- South Korea2.18%
- United Kingdom1.44%
- Australia0.95%
- Sweden0.08%
SIL Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
SIL$14,314
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | SIL |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +16.8% |
| 1 month | −2.1% |
| 3 months | +17.4% |
| 1 year | +43.1% |
| 3 years | +59.5% |
| 5 years | +22.7% |
| 10 years | +9.1% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | SIL |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +16.8% | |
| 2025 | +166.1% | |
| 2024 | +14.7% | |
| 2023 | +1.3% | |
| 2022 | −22.8% | |
| 2021 | −18.4% | |
| 2020 | +40.2% |
SIL in the news
SIL Dividends
- 1.04%
- $1.02
- $0.11 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2026 | Jul 7, 2026 | $0.11 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Jan 7, 2026 | $0.91 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Jul 7, 2025 | $0.08 |
| Dec 30, 2024 | Jan 7, 2025 | $0.76 |
| Jun 27, 2024 | Jul 5, 2024 | $0.0055 |
| Dec 28, 2023 | Jan 8, 2024 | $0.14 |
| Jun 29, 2023 | Jul 10, 2023 | $0.03 |
| Dec 29, 2022 | Jan 9, 2023 | $0.06 |
| Jun 29, 2022 | Jul 8, 2022 | $0.07 |
| Dec 30, 2021 | Jan 7, 2022 | $0.41 |
| Jun 29, 2021 | Jul 8, 2021 | $0.18 |
| Dec 30, 2020 | Jan 8, 2021 | $0.73 |
SIL Risk
- 44.1%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 1.14
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −47.9%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 1.06
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
SIL Cost
0.65%
SIL0.65%
- The middle half of Precious Metals Miners funds
- Median 0.52%
11 of the 18 Precious Metals Miners funds charge less.