SIL ETF — Global X Silver Miners ETF

Global X Silver Miners ETF (SIL)

SIL is an ETF. As of August 29, 2026, its distribution rate is 0.22%, its trailing-12-month yield is 1.02%, its expense ratio is 0.65%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 31/100 (Elevated risk). Fund total return is 167.6% over the past 16.4 years, 581.7 points behind SPY at 749.3%.

At the current 0.22% distribution rate, a $10,000 investment would generate approximately $22 per year, or $1.83 per month on an equivalent basis. Actual semi-annual payments vary.

Global X Silver Miners ETF tracks a broad-based index of global companies involved in silver mining, holding at least 80% of its assets in equities and depositary receipts from those companies. The fund distributes income semi-annually at a modest current rate and carries an expense ratio of 0.65%. It appeals to equity investors seeking exposure to silver mining companies with a modest income component.

SIL performance versus SPY

Data as of August 29, 2026.

Fund total return is 167.6% over the past 16.4 years, 581.7 points behind SPY at 749.3%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 39.4%.

SIL key facts

Data as of August 29, 2026.

Distribution Safety Score™

31 · Elevated risk

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.07%

Issuer

Global X

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

04/19/2010

Expense ratio

0.65%

Distribution rate

0.22%

Distribution frequency

Semi-Annual

Trailing yield

1.02%

30-day SEC yield

0.13%

Last close

$99.14

AUM

$5,530,512,085

Average volume

1910288.0

Last dividend

$0.1080

Ex-dividend date

06/29/2026

Payment date

07/07/2026

Beta

1.08

P/E ratio

20.6869

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (0.22%) is the latest regular payout annualized by the fund's stated frequency, divided by the last close. Issuers often publish this as “Distribution Rate” on the fact sheet. Trailing-12-month yield (1.02%) is the sum of distributions paid in the last 12 months, split-adjusted, divided by the last close. It lags a recent raise or cut. The 30-day SEC yield (0.13%) is the SEC standardized figure when we have it. An issuer may publish a different SEC or TTM yield using another as-of date or share-class convention. Fund total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is what the fund did, not your personal gain/loss. Figures below use Dividend Vision data as of August 29, 2026.

Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology · SEC yield

Sources and review

Data as of August 29, 2026.

Primary sources: Global X fund page; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

SIL risks and drawbacks

SIL's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are semi-annual, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 39.4%.

Who may consider SIL — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (SIL pays semi-annual); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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