Q - iShares Silver Trust
For the period ended Jun 30, 2025. Filed Aug 5, 2025.
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A company's report for each of its first three quarters. The financial statements are not audited. It shows how the business has moved since the last annual report, and what management says changed.
Jun 30, 2025 · Filed Aug 5, 2025
What changed in Management’s Discussion and Analysis?
Read the current filingPrevious report: 10-Q
Period ended 2025-03-31; filed 2025-05-07.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsCurrent report: 10-Q
Period ended 2025-06-30; filed 2025-08-05.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsThe baseline is this issuer’s latest earlier reporting period of the same form that was filed before the current report. A previous 10-Q is a different quarter, not a year-over-year comparison. Amendments are excluded.
Compared 18 previous paragraphs and 23 current paragraphs.
14 unchanged; 4 reworded; 1 added; 0 removed; 0 previous and 4 current paragraphs rearranged.
Tables are not compared: 0 previous and 0 current tables excluded. Dates, whitespace, punctuation and numbering changes are ignored; changes to financial figures remain significant.
A changed paragraph is not evidence that risk increased or decreased. An unchanged paragraph does not establish that risk stayed the same.
Added paragraphs (1)
Current report
The Six-Month Period Ended June 30, 2025
Reworded paragraphs (4)
Previous wording
The Trust’s net asset value increased from $13,401,259,004 at December 31, 2024 to $15,249,367,322 at March 31, 2025, a 13.79% increase. The increase in the Trust’s net asset value resulted primarily from an increase in the price of silver, which grew 17.85% from $28.90 at December 31, 2024 to $34.06 at March 31, 2025, partially offset by a decrease in the number of outstanding Shares, which fell from 508,950,000 Shares at December 31, 2024 to 492,150,000 Shares at March 31, 2025, a consequence of 72,750,000 Shares (1,455 Baskets) being created and 89,550,000 Shares (1,791 Baskets) being redeemed during the quarter.
Current wording
The Trust’s net asset value increased from $15,249,367,322 at March 31, 2025 to $17,190,884,101 at June 30, 2025, a 12.73% increase. The increase in the Trust’s net asset value resulted primarily from an increase in the number of outstanding Shares, which rose from 492,150,000 Shares at March 31, 2025 to 525,850,000 Shares at June 30, 2025, a consequence of 98,700,000 Shares (1,974 Baskets) being created and 65,000,000 Shares (1,300 Baskets) being redeemed during the quarter. The increase in the Trust’s net asset value also benefitted from an increase in the price of silver, which grew 5.64% from $34.06 at March 31, 2025 to $35.98 at June 30, 2025.
Previous wording
The 17.70% increase in the NAV from $26.33 at December 31, 2024 to $30.99 at March 31, 2025 is directly related to the 17.85% increase in the price of silver.
Current wording
The 5.49% increase in the NAV from $30.99 at March 31, 2025 to $32.69 at June 30, 2025 is directly related to the 5.64% increase in the price of silver.
Previous wording
The NAV increased slightly less than the price of silver on a percentage basis due to the Sponsor’s fees, which were $17,518,363 for the quarter, or 0.12% of the Trust’s average weighted assets of $14,209,036,812 during the quarter. The NAV of $31.30 on March 28, 2025 was the highest during the quarter, compared with a low during the quarter of $26.79 on January 2, 2025.
Current wording
The NAV increased slightly less than the price of silver on a percentage basis due to the Sponsor’s fees, which were $19,191,181 for the quarter, or 0.12% of the Trust’s average weighted assets of $15,395,106,465 during the quarter. The NAV of $33.77 on June 18, 2025 was the highest during the quarter, compared with a low during the quarter of $27.46 on April 9, 2025.
Previous wording
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2025 was $2,285,002,605, resulting from an unrealized gain on investment in silver bullion of $1,784,759,917, a net realized gain of $514,709,786 on silver bullion distributed for the redemption of Shares, a net realized gain of $3,051,265 from investment in silver bullion sold to pay expenses, partially offset by a net investment loss of $17,518,363. Other than the Sponsor’s fees of $17,518,363, the Trust had no expenses during the quarter.
Current wording
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations for the quarter ended June 30, 2025 was $904,543,103, resulting from a net realized gain of $3,667,310 from investment in silver bullion sold to pay expenses, a net realized gain of $412,850,821 on silver bullion distributed for the redemption of Shares and an unrealized gain on investment in silver bullion of $507,216,153, partially offset by a net investment loss of $19,191,181. Other than the Sponsor’s fees of $19,191,181, the Trust had no expenses during the quarter.
Rearranged current paragraphs (4)
Current report — wording carried from elsewhere
The Trust’s net asset value increased from $13,401,259,004 at December 31, 2024 to $17,190,884,101 at June 30, 2025, a 28.28% increase. The increase in the Trust’s net asset value resulted primarily from an increase in the price of silver, which grew 24.46% from $28.91 at December 31, 2024 to $35.98 at June 30, 2025. The increase in the Trust’s net asset value also benefitted from an increase in the number of outstanding Shares, which rose from 508,950,000 Shares at December 31, 2024 to 525,850,000 Shares at June 30, 2025, a consequence of 171,450,000 Shares (3,429 Baskets) being created and 154,550,000 Shares (3,091 Baskets) being redeemed during the period.
Current report — wording carried from elsewhere
The 24.15% increase in the NAV from $26.33 at December 31, 2024 to $32.69 at June 30, 2025 is directly related to the 24.46% increase in the price of silver.
Current report — wording carried from elsewhere
The NAV increased slightly less than the price of silver on a percentage basis due to the Sponsor’s fees, which were $36,709,544 for the period, or 0.25% of the Trust’s average weighted assets of $14,805,348,074 during the period. The NAV of $33.77 on June 18, 2025 was the highest during the period, compared with a low during the period of $26.79 on January 2, 2025.
Current report — wording carried from elsewhere
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations for the six months ended June 30, 2025 was $3,189,545,708, resulting from a net realized gain of $6,718,575 from investment in silver bullion sold to pay expenses, a net realized gain of $927,560,607 on silver bullion distributed for the redemption of Shares and an unrealized gain on investment in silver bullion of $2,291,976,070, partially offset by a net investment loss of $36,709,544. Other than the Sponsor’s fees of $36,709,544, the Trust had no expenses during the period.