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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
CRTN
3176
DELISTED
Cartesian, Inc.
CRTN
$103K ﹤0.01%
166,880
+44,300
+36% +$32.3K
FES
3177
DELISTED
Forbes Energy Services Ltd
FES
$103K ﹤0.01%
720,899
+298,799
+71% +$47.6K
QBAK
3178
DELISTED
Qualstar Corp
QBAK
$103K ﹤0.01%
27,402
+7,700
+39% +$32.6K
BOSC icon
3179
Better Online Solutions
BOSC
$31.8M
$102K ﹤0.01%
45,176
+13,476
+43% +$39.4K
HTGM
3180
DELISTED
HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Inc. Common Stock
HTGM
$100K ﹤0.01%
244
+88
+56% +$39.3K
BFYT
3181
DELISTED
Benefytt Technologies, Inc. Class A Common Stock
BFYT
$99K ﹤0.01%
18,900
-14,600
-44% -$69.2K
NURO
3182
DELISTED
NeuroMetrix, Inc. Common Stock
NURO
$98K ﹤0.01%
98
+14
+17% +$14K
TORM
3183
DELISTED
TOR Minerals International Inc
TORM
$97K ﹤0.01%
16,400
+1,400
+9% +$7.51K
EMG
3184
DELISTED
Emergent Capital, Inc.
EMG
$96K ﹤0.01%
+32,700
New +$117K
TCON
3185
DELISTED
TRACON Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common Stock
TCON
$95K ﹤0.01%
+72
New +$81.2K
ITP icon
3186
IT Tech Packaging
ITP
$2.88M
$93K ﹤0.01%
8,810
+340
+4% +$3.67K
SAUC
3187
DELISTED
Diversified Restaurant Holdings, Inc. Common stock
SAUC
$93K ﹤0.01%
79,800
+40,500
+103% +$52.7K
HGT
3188
DELISTED
Hugoton Royalty Trust
HGT
$91K ﹤0.01%
38,111
-45,116
-54% -$101K
XOMA
3189
DELISTED
Xoma
XOMA
$89K ﹤0.01%
9,655
-13,406
-58% -$154K
DNN icon
3190
Denison Mines
DNN
$2.95B
$88K ﹤0.01%
188,340
+117,774
+167% +$60.9K
VISN
3191
DELISTED
VisionChina Media, Inc.
VISN
$88K ﹤0.01%
+14,000
New +$87.8K
CAS
3192
DELISTED
A M Castle & Co
CAS
$88K ﹤0.01%
109,700
+64,500
+143% +$89.4K
ATHE
3193
Alterity Therapeutics
ATHE
$85.2M
$87K ﹤0.01%
+1,922
New +$95.8K
ATOS icon
3194
Atossa Therapeutics
ATOS
$25.5M
$87K ﹤0.01%
230
+100
+77% +$60K
MGH
3195
DELISTED
Minco Gold Corp
MGH
$87K ﹤0.01%
321,220
+245,200
+323% +$73.8K
GNVC
3196
DELISTED
GenVec, Inc.
GNVC
$87K ﹤0.01%
18,450
+2,800
+18% +$16.1K
MEP
3197
DELISTED
Midcoast Energy Partners, L.P.
MEP
$85K ﹤0.01%
+10,100
New +$82.9K
IRG
3198
DELISTED
Ignite Restaurant Group, Inc.
IRG
$85K ﹤0.01%
128,400
+31,000
+32% +$36K
TOF
3199
DELISTED
TOFUTTI BRANDS INC
TOF
$85K ﹤0.01%
32,500
+500
+2% +$1.3K
SELF
3200
Global Self Storage
SELF
$58.9M
$84K ﹤0.01%
+15,900
New +$88.5K
126 127
128
129 130

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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.