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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 15.61%
2 Healthcare 12.42%
3 Financials 11.99%
4 Consumer Staples 9.6%
5 Industrials 9.36%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
AXE
3001
DELISTED
Anixter International Inc
AXE
$258K ﹤0.01%
+4,000
New +$241K
HW
3002
DELISTED
Headwaters Inc
HW
$257K ﹤0.01%
15,214
-40,000
-72% -$738K
EGT
3003
DELISTED
Entertainment Gaming Asia Inc.
EGT
$257K ﹤0.01%
135,791
+5,600
+4% +$10.9K
AUPH icon
3004
Aurinia Pharmaceuticals
AUPH
$2.02B
$256K ﹤0.01%
85,100
+44,000
+107% +$119K
TRAW icon
3005
Traws Pharma
TRAW
$9.14M
$256K ﹤0.01%
17
+8
+89% +$163K
FELP
3006
DELISTED
Foresight Energy LP
FELP
$256K ﹤0.01%
+67,400
New +$212K
BBGI icon
3007
Beasley Broadcasting Group
BBGI
$44.7M
$255K ﹤0.01%
2,200
+415
+23% +$42.1K
OVBC icon
3008
Ohio Valley Banc Corp
OVBC
$218M
$253K ﹤0.01%
11,400
+1,800
+19% +$39.5K
REED
3009
DELISTED
Reeds, Inc. Common Stock
REED
$252K ﹤0.01%
1,348
-842
-38% -$125K
FRED
3010
DELISTED
Fred's Inc
FRED
$252K ﹤0.01%
+27,850
New +$366K
COLM icon
3011
Columbia Sportswear
COLM
$2.96B
$250K ﹤0.01%
4,400
-13,902
-76% -$793K
MOG.B icon
3012
Moog Inc Class B
MOG.B
$250K ﹤0.01%
4,200
+200
+5% +$11.4K
WAC
3013
DELISTED
Walter Investment Mgt Corp
WAC
$250K ﹤0.01%
+61,513
New +$194K
SOFO
3014
DELISTED
Sonic Foundry, Inc. Common Stock
SOFO
$249K ﹤0.01%
42,919
+1,100
+3% +$6.66K
PRAH
3015
DELISTED
PRA Health Sciences, Inc.
PRAH
$249K ﹤0.01%
+4,400
New +$216K
LTRX icon
3016
Lantronix
LTRX
$272M
$247K ﹤0.01%
176,166
+12,000
+7% +$15.8K
NRT
3017
North European Oil Royalty Trust
NRT
$83.6M
$247K ﹤0.01%
32,100
+8,300
+35% +$70.3K
STLY
3018
DELISTED
Stanley Furniture Co Inc
STLY
$243K ﹤0.01%
136,444
+1,317
+1% +$3.19K
FCRE
3019
DELISTED
FC Global Realty Incorporated Common Stock
FCRE
$242K ﹤0.01%
187,300
+12,460
+7% +$15.1K
XPLR
3020
DELISTED
Xplore Technologies Corp.
XPLR
$241K ﹤0.01%
100,800
+41,500
+70% +$98K
BIOA
3021
DELISTED
BioAmber Inc.
BIOA
$239K ﹤0.01%
+56,400
New +$208K
MMLP icon
3022
Martin Midstream Partners
MMLP
$89.6M
$238K ﹤0.01%
11,900
-124,300
-91% -$2.67M
CTHR
3023
DELISTED
Charles & Colvard Ltd
CTHR
$238K ﹤0.01%
20,540
+11,680
+132% +$131K
VALU icon
3024
Value Line
VALU
$341M
$237K ﹤0.01%
14,600
+500
+4% +$8.6K
SMTX
3025
DELISTED
SMTC Corporation
SMTX
$236K ﹤0.01%
171,100
+10,200
+6% +$15.3K
119 120
121
122 123

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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 16% of assets, up from 14% 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.