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Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF

SILJNYSE ArcaAmplifyC

$22.78+0.29 (+1.29%)

At close: Nov 2, 2026, 4:00 PM ET

C42/ 100

Rank 13 of 18 in Precious Metals Miners

C42/100Rank 13 of 18inPrecious Metals Miners
Intraday session: up, 79 prints from 22.49 to 22.78. Range 22.71 to 23.48. Use the arrow keys to read each point.22.6023.0023.2023.4010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.69%
Fund size
$2.91B
1Y total return
+1.5%
Yield · Last 12 months
2.46%
Holdings
67
Avg volume · 30D
3.67M sh
52W range
low $12.10high $41.10
Launched
Filings
SEC EDGAR

The ETF.net SILJ Grade

Based on 5 of 6 pillars

C

Score 42 out of 100

Category
Precious Metals Miners⁠
Rank
13 of 18
Six-pillar profile for SILJ. Scores out of 100: Cost 12, Risk 30, Mission not scored, Tradability 93, Holdings 60, Durability 78. Strongest: Tradability (93). Weakest: Cost (12). Based on 5 of 6 pillars.

Score 42 of 100 falls in the C band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.

  • Cost

    The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.
    F12 out of 100
    Rank 16 of 18

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    Not scored

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    D30 out of 100
    Rank 15 of 18

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    A93 out of 100
    Rank 2 of 18

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    B60 out of 100
    Rank 9 of 18

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    A78 out of 100
    Rank 6 of 18

Our read on SILJ

ETF.net Research

In short

CThe original junior-silver play. Since 2012 SILJ has done one job: passively track an index of roughly 70 small silver miners, producers and explorers, the high-octane end of a niche most metals funds cover with gold.

Stated mandate

The Fund is a passively managed ETF seeking results that generally correspond, before fees and expenses, to an index focused on companies engaged in silver mining.

Why people hold it

  • Pure junior-silver mandate: the index holds companies that earn most of their revenue from silver mining, production or exploration, not a gold fund with a silver garnish.amplifyetfs.com
  • A multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively, which matters in a corner of the market built from thin, tiny stocks.
  • Rules over hunches: a passive fund that rebalances when its Nasdaq index does, with roughly 70 holdings and a published methodology behind them.amplifyetfs.com
  • Launched in 2012, it has run through several silver cycles and kept the same strategy through a change of sponsor to Amplify and an index renaming in 2024.sec.gov

Worth knowing

  • The 0.69% expense ratio sits above the typical fee in its precious-metals-miner peer group. Specialist access has a sticker price.
  • Non-diversified by design and concentrated in metals and mining, so a handful of names can drive the outcome.amplifyetfs.com
  • Junior miners are the geared end of silver. The prospectus flags small-cap, foreign-issuer and commodity-price risks that move the fund in both directions.amplifyetfs.com

SILJ Performance

Launched Nov 28, 2012

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

SILJ$10,149
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,199
Oct 31, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026. SILJ $10,149. SPY $11,199. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$10,000$12,500$15,000$17,500Oct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026

Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026

Returns run to the Oct 30, 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.

Trailing total return for SILJ. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodSILJ
Year to date−18.7%
1 month−17.6%
3 months−6.6%
1 year+1.5%
3 yearsper year+42.9%
5 yearsper year+13.4%
10 yearsper year+6.3%

With distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for SILJ
YearReturn barSILJ
2026 YTD−18.7%
2025+184.2%
2024+6.6%
2023−5.2%
2022−15.4%
2021−23.2%
2020+33.0%

SILJ in the news

SILJ Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Oct 30, 2026.
2.46%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$0.55Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.55 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Annual

Distribution history

2017–2026

One bar per payment. 9 payments from 2017 to 2026 YTD. Dec 24, 2018 $0.13; Sep 20, 2019 $0.01; Dec 30, 2019 $0.17; Dec 14, 2020 $0.20; Dec 28, 2021 $0.04; Dec 28, 2022 $0.0057; Dec 27, 2023 $0.0009; Dec 30, 2024 $0.72; Dec 29, 2025 $0.55. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Dec 29, 2025Dec 30, 2025$0.55
Dec 30, 2024Dec 31, 2024$0.72
Dec 27, 2023Dec 29, 2023$0.0009
Dec 28, 2022Dec 30, 2022$0.0057
Dec 28, 2021Dec 30, 2021$0.04
Dec 14, 2020Dec 16, 2020$0.20
Dec 30, 2019Jan 2, 2020$0.17
Sep 20, 2019Sep 24, 2019$0.01
Dec 24, 2018Dec 31, 2018$0.13
Dec 28, 2016Jan 3, 2017$0.06
Dec 29, 2015Jan 4, 2016$0.12
Dec 27, 2013Jan 2, 2014$0.009

$10,000 in SILJ 10 years ago paid $1,317 in dividends.

SILJ Risk

Risk pillarD30 out of 100Rank 15 of 18 in Precious Metals Miners
How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
49.0%
Annualised · 36 months to Oct 2026
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.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
0.88
vs 3-month T-bills · to Oct 2026
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.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−48.3%
Trough Feb 2024
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.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
1.28
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

FMP measures it over up to five years of monthly returns.

SILJ Cost

Compare SILJ and AUMI

Overpaying vs AUMI, tied cheapest in Precious Metals Miners

$6,303

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • SILJ 0.69%

    $13,429

  • AUMI 0.35% Tied cheapest

    $7,126

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • SILJ 0.69%
  • AUMI 0.35%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$5K$10K$15K051015202530SILJ $13,429AUMI $7,126

Year by year

YearSILJAUMIOverpaying
10$1,232$634$598
20$4,697$2,454$2,243
30$13,429$7,126$6,303

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