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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
-12.39%
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
$91.3B
AUM Growth
-$5.94B
Cap. Flow
+$8.84B
Cap. Flow %
9.68%
Top 10 Hldgs %
9.08%
Holding
3,847
New
522
Increased
1,588
Reduced
1,204
Closed
504

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
+$535M
2
META icon
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
+$388M
3
SLB icon
SLB Ltd
SLB
+$348M
4
V icon
Visa
V
+$230M
5
CMG icon
Chipotle Mexican Grill
CMG
+$203M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
DHR icon
Danaher
DHR
+$350M
2
CVX icon
Chevron
CVX
+$349M
3
TFCFA
Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. Class A
TFCFA
+$337M
4
DELL icon
Dell
DELL
+$332M
5
SODA
SodaStream International Ltd
SODA
+$251M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Healthcare 16.12%
2 Technology 13.68%
3 Financials 11.18%
4 Real Estate 10.07%
5 Consumer Discretionary 9.14%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
CECO icon
2651
Ceco Environmental
CECO
$4.56B
$853K ﹤0.01%
126,400
+33,600
+36% +$257K
XAR icon
2652
State Street SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF
XAR
$6.69B
$852K ﹤0.01%
+10,800
New +$951K
FLY
2653
DELISTED
Fly Leasing Limited
FLY
$851K ﹤0.01%
80,600
-155,800
-66% -$1.99M
ALTO icon
2654
Alto Ingredients
ALTO
$328M
$847K ﹤0.01%
983,405
+508,405
+107% +$840K
IMBI
2655
DELISTED
iMedia Brands, Inc. Class A Common Stock
IMBI
$843K ﹤0.01%
211,226
-2,341
-1% -$21.3K
XNET
2656
Xunlei
XNET
$333M
$841K ﹤0.01%
+247,300
New +$1.33M
AZRE
2657
DELISTED
Azure Power Global Limited
AZRE
$841K ﹤0.01%
92,960
+5,920
+7% +$65.9K
MATX icon
2658
Matsons
MATX
$6.47B
$839K ﹤0.01%
+26,200
New +$970K
QBAK
2659
DELISTED
Qualstar Corp
QBAK
$838K ﹤0.01%
159,700
-4,701
-3% -$27.8K
VCLT icon
2660
Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF
VCLT
$8.74B
$835K ﹤0.01%
+9,800
New +$832K
BY icon
2661
Byline Bancorp
BY
$1.78B
$833K ﹤0.01%
50,000
+17,300
+53% +$349K
FUL icon
2662
H.B. Fuller
FUL
$3.33B
$832K ﹤0.01%
+19,500
New +$883K
DEM icon
2663
WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund
DEM
$3.96B
$831K ﹤0.01%
+20,700
New +$848K
CBIO
2664
Crescent Biopharma
CBIO
$625M
$826K ﹤0.01%
+873
New +$1.05M
CNXN icon
2665
PC Connection
CNXN
$2.06B
$824K ﹤0.01%
27,700
-44,800
-62% -$1.43M
HY icon
2666
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling
HY
$617M
$824K ﹤0.01%
13,300
-400
-3% -$24.9K
AINC
2667
DELISTED
Ashford Inc.
AINC
$824K ﹤0.01%
15,880
-4,234
-21% -$267K
ESPR
2668
DELISTED
Esperion Therapeutics
ESPR
$823K ﹤0.01%
+17,900
New +$862K
SPDW icon
2669
State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF
SPDW
$42.1B
$823K ﹤0.01%
+31,099
New +$877K
OBSV
2670
DELISTED
ObsEva SA Ordinary Shares
OBSV
$820K ﹤0.01%
64,800
-35,300
-35% -$525K
DLHC icon
2671
DLH Holdings
DLHC
$67.7M
$818K ﹤0.01%
175,889
+499
+0.3% +$2.6K
CCM
2672
Concord Medical Services
CCM
$20.9M
$815K ﹤0.01%
22,880
+100
+0.4% +$3.55K
CPSS icon
2673
Consumer Portfolio Services
CPSS
$208M
$813K ﹤0.01%
270,107
+18,700
+7% +$67K
XLV icon
2674
State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF
XLV
$43.8B
$813K ﹤0.01%
9,400
-47,000
-83% -$4.25M
UBP
2675
DELISTED
Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc.
UBP
$812K ﹤0.01%
53,900
+1,200
+2% +$20.1K
105 106
107
108 109

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Jim Simons's Q4 2018 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2018, Jim Simons held 3,847 positions worth $91.3B, down 6.1% from $97.3B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 9.1% of the portfolio.

Jim Simons deployed $8.84B of net new capital in Q4 2018, opening 522 new positions and adding to 1,588 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Apple: 11,041,936 shares worth $435M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Healthcare at 16% of assets, down from 19% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Financials.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was Dell, an estimated $332M trimmed.

  • Jim Simons's largest Q4 2018 buy was Apple: 11,041,936 shares worth $435M.
  • Jim Simons added most to Meta Platforms (Facebook) in Q4 2018, an estimated $388M increase.
  • Jim Simons's biggest Q4 2018 reduction was Dell, cutting an estimated $332M.
  • Jim Simons fully exited Danaher in Q4 2018, selling an estimated $350M.
  • Jim Simons's ten largest holdings make up 9.1% of its $91.3B portfolio in Q4 2018.
  • Jim Simons opened 522 new positions and closed 504 in Q4 2018.
  • Jim Simons's portfolio value fell 6.1% quarter-over-quarter to $91.3B.

Based on Renaissance Technologies's 13F filing for Q4 2018, filed 13 Feb 2019.