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Jim Simons

Jim Simons Renaissance Technologies

AUM $72.6B
1-Year Est. Return 54.88%
 

Jim Simons is the founder of Renaissance Technologies, one of the most successful quantitative hedge funds in the world. Before his career in finance, he served as a mathematics professor and made significant contributions to differential geometry. Simons applied his analytical expertise to develop sophisticated, algorithm-driven trading strategies, earning consistently high returns for investors.

This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
+6.64%
1 Year Est. Return
+54.88%
3 Year Est. Return
+169.34%
5 Year Est. Return
+186.18%
10 Year Est. Return
+887.93%
AUM
$56.6B
AUM Growth
+$4.03B
Cap. Flow
+$1.92B
Cap. Flow %
3.4%
Top 10 Hldgs %
7.89%
Holding
3,713
New
414
Increased
1,834
Reduced
1,026
Closed
416

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
GOOGL icon
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
+$373M
2
COST icon
Costco
COST
+$283M
3
BMY icon
Bristol-Myers Squibb
BMY
+$270M
4
PFE icon
Pfizer
PFE
+$240M
5
MSFT icon
Microsoft
MSFT
+$225M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
CVS icon
CVS Health
CVS
+$274M
2
EMC
EMC CORPORATION
EMC
+$228M
3
GAS
AGL Resources Inc
GAS
+$216M
4
TE
TECO ENERGY INC
TE
+$136M
5
CHTR icon
Charter Communications
CHTR
+$133M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 16.75%
2 Healthcare 13.12%
3 Financials 12.46%
4 Consumer Staples 9.7%
5 Industrials 9.54%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
CNO icon
2626
CNO Financial Group
CNO
$5.02B
$883K ﹤0.01%
+57,800
New +$942K
IMDZ
2627
DELISTED
Immune Design Corp.
IMDZ
$883K ﹤0.01%
+116,500
New +$852K
FRST icon
2628
Primis Financial Corp
FRST
$411M
$878K ﹤0.01%
67,300
+19,000
+39% +$242K
SFUN
2629
DELISTED
Fang Holdings Limited American Depositary Shares (each representing ten Class A Ordinary Shares)
SFUN
$872K ﹤0.01%
+3,882
New +$929K
ARTX
2630
DELISTED
Arotech Corporation
ARTX
$863K ﹤0.01%
292,500
+132,500
+83% +$378K
BCBP icon
2631
BCB Bancorp
BCBP
$161M
$862K ﹤0.01%
76,600
+16,700
+28% +$180K
HNRG icon
2632
Hallador Energy
HNRG
$730M
$861K ﹤0.01%
109,300
+9,400
+9% +$56.3K
OESX icon
2633
Orion Energy Systems
OESX
$78.9M
$859K ﹤0.01%
64,570
+12,230
+23% +$164K
LUB
2634
DELISTED
Luby's Inc.
LUB
$858K ﹤0.01%
200,000
+14,600
+8% +$66.2K
FSAM
2635
DELISTED
Fifth Street Asset Management Inc. Class A
FSAM
$858K ﹤0.01%
155,800
+85,600
+122% +$420K
GENE
2636
DELISTED
Genetic Technologies Ltd.
GENE
$857K ﹤0.01%
24,334
+4,160
+21% +$169K
BOXC
2637
DELISTED
Brookfield Can Office Properties
BOXC
$856K ﹤0.01%
40,800
+3,400
+9% +$74.4K
KLDX
2638
DELISTED
KLONDEX MINES LTD
KLDX
$853K ﹤0.01%
148,400
-15,400
-9% -$77.3K
PCRX icon
2639
Pacira BioSciences
PCRX
$924M
$849K ﹤0.01%
24,800
-10,000
-29% -$392K
AIOT
2640
PowerFleet Inc
AIOT
$421M
$849K ﹤0.01%
171,815
+15,200
+10% +$76.2K
LTS
2641
DELISTED
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc
LTS
$847K ﹤0.01%
366,700
+115,800
+46% +$269K
SRLP
2642
DELISTED
SPRAGUE RESOURCES LP
SRLP
$843K ﹤0.01%
35,600
+12,800
+56% +$310K
PPIH
2643
Perma-Pipe International
PPIH
$216M
$840K ﹤0.01%
109,700
+7,302
+7% +$55.9K
HK
2644
DELISTED
Halcon Resources Corporation
HK
$840K ﹤0.01%
+89,600
New +$1.05M
SNCR
2645
DELISTED
Synchronoss Technologies
SNCR
$836K ﹤0.01%
2,256
+400
+22% +$141K
CVO
2646
DELISTED
Cenevo, Inc.
CVO
$834K ﹤0.01%
118,347
+24,259
+26% +$181K
ARIS
2647
DELISTED
ARI Network Services, Inc.
ARIS
$834K ﹤0.01%
+187,800
New +$872K
WEYS icon
2648
Weyco Group
WEYS
$446M
$833K ﹤0.01%
31,000
+800
+3% +$21.4K
AVID
2649
DELISTED
Avid Technology Inc
AVID
$832K ﹤0.01%
104,800
+59,300
+130% +$456K
ABCO
2650
DELISTED
Advisory Board Co
ABCO
$832K ﹤0.01%
18,600
-82,140
-82% -$3.38M
104 105
106
107 108

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Jim Simons's Q3 2016 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2016, Jim Simons held 3,713 positions worth $56.6B, up 7.7% from $52.5B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 7.9% of the portfolio.

Jim Simons deployed $1.92B of net new capital in Q3 2016, opening 414 new positions and adding to 1,834 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was FedEx: 811,400 shares worth $142M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 17% of assets, up from 15% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Financials.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was CVS Health, an estimated $274M trimmed.

  • Jim Simons's largest Q3 2016 buy was FedEx: 811,400 shares worth $142M.
  • Jim Simons added most to Alphabet (Google) Class A in Q3 2016, an estimated $373M increase.
  • Jim Simons's biggest Q3 2016 reduction was CVS Health, cutting an estimated $274M.
  • Jim Simons fully exited EMC CORPORATION in Q3 2016, selling an estimated $228M.
  • Jim Simons's ten largest holdings make up 7.9% of its $56.6B portfolio in Q3 2016.
  • Jim Simons opened 414 new positions and closed 416 in Q3 2016.
  • Jim Simons's portfolio value rose 7.7% quarter-over-quarter to $56.6B.

Based on Renaissance Technologies's 13F filing for Q3 2016, filed 14 Nov 2016.