iShares Silver Trust (NYSEARCA:SLV) Hits New 52-Week High – Still a Buy?

iShares Silver Trust (NYSEARCA:SLV)’s stock price reached a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Wednesday . The company traded as high as $59.97 and last traded at $59.6010, with a volume of 23241216 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $57.73.

Key Stores Impacting iShares Silver Trust

Here are the key news stories impacting iShares Silver Trust this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analysts argue silver could outpace gold again in 2026 as industrial and investment demand remain strong, supporting continued appetite for silver ETFs like SLV. Silver could outgain gold again in 2026, but may face some early headwinds
• Positive Sentiment: Silver has been setting recurring record highs in December, a momentum signal that often drives fresh inflows into SLV from trend-following and retail investors. Silver setting regular record highs in December; what about 2026?
• Positive Sentiment: A longer-view bullish thesis positions silver as the next market leader over tech in 2026, attracting allocation shifts that can benefit SLV. Silver, Not Silicon: Why The Next Market Leader In 2026 Won’t Be AI
• Positive Sentiment: Performance write-ups highlighting how much SLV returned over multi-year windows are driving investor interest and inflows into the ETF. Here’s How Much You Would Have Made Owning iShares Silver Trust Stock In The Last 5 Years
• Positive Sentiment: Broad ETF trend reports show commodities ETFs — including silver products — drew meaningful inflows this year, supporting higher SLV AUM and liquidity. 2025 in ETFs: Crypto, Defense, & Commodities
• Neutral Sentiment: Intraday market notes show quieter trading with silver steady while gold drifts, suggesting current moves may be supply/demand driven rather than broad risk flows. Gold price down a bit, silver solidly up in quieter trading
• Neutral Sentiment: Small-cap explorer financing news (Pinnacle Silver & Gold) is industry-relevant but unlikely to move SLV materially — it’s a sector-level background item. Pinnacle Silver and Gold closes C$1.1M first tranche to fund Mexico project
• Negative Sentiment: Tame U.S. CPI and subsequent gold strength have triggered profit-taking in silver at times, pressuring short-term silver prices and creating volatility for SLV holders. Gold rallies following tame U.S. CPI print; silver down on profit taking
• Negative Sentiment: Analysts flagged profit-taking and price-pressure ahead of key macro prints (CPI), flagging short-term downside risk for silver and SLV during data-driven market windows. Profit-taking price pressure on gold, silver ahead of U.S. CPI
• Negative Sentiment: Commentary on whether to chase the rally warns of potential sharp corrections — a reminder SLV can be volatile and susceptible to momentum reversals. Silver prices are flying. Should you try to catch the rally, or bet against it?

iShares Silver Trust Price Performance

The firm has a market cap of $32.83 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -8.51 and a beta of 0.38. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $48.45 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $40.17.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares Silver Trust

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its holdings in iShares Silver Trust by 9.2% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 18,858 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $497,000 after acquiring an additional 1,595 shares during the last quarter. Bison Wealth LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares Silver Trust in the 4th quarter worth about $238,000. Capstone Wealth Management Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares Silver Trust in the 1st quarter valued at about $443,000. Deutsche Bank AG acquired a new position in shares of iShares Silver Trust in the 1st quarter valued at about $87,000. Finally, Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares Silver Trust by 11.5% during the 1st quarter. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC now owns 15,578 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $483,000 after purchasing an additional 1,608 shares during the period.

iShares Silver Trust Company Profile

iShares Silver Trust (the Trust) owns silver transferred to the Trust in exchange for shares issued by the Trust. The Trust’s each share represents a fractional undivided beneficial interest in its net assets. The assets of the Trust consist of silver held by the Trust’s custodian on behalf of the Trust. The activities of the Trust are limited to issuing baskets of shares in exchange for the silver deposited with the custodian as consideration, selling silver as necessary to cover the sponsor’s fee, Trust expenses not assumed by the sponsor and other liabilities, and delivering silver in exchange for baskets of shares surrendered for redemption.