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Jim Simons

Jim Simons Renaissance Technologies

AUM $63.9B
1-Year Est. Return 45.56%
 

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
+45.56%
3 Year Est. Return
+129.95%
5 Year Est. Return
+153.6%
10 Year Est. Return
+738.31%
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
VMC icon
3501
Vulcan Materials
VMC
$37.3B
– –
-207,065
Closed -$24.9M
VNET
3502
VNET Group
VNET
$2.14B
– –
-723,300
Closed -$7.38M
VRSK icon
3503
Verisk Analytics
VRSK
$23.6B
– –
-204,700
Closed -$16.6M
VRTX icon
3504
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
VRTX
$134B
– –
-60,517
Closed -$5.21M
VTLE
3505
DELISTED
Vital Energy
VTLE
– –
-42,165
Closed -$8.84M
VTOL icon
3506
Bristow Group
VTOL
$1.37B
– –
-9,750
Closed -$183K
W icon
3507
Wayfair
W
$14.1B
– –
-283,500
Closed -$11.1M
WAL icon
3508
Western Alliance Bancorporation
WAL
$8.89B
– –
-88,516
Closed -$2.89M
WBA
3509
DELISTED
Walgreens Boots Alliance
WBA
– –
-758,600
Closed -$63.2M
WFC icon
3510
Wells Fargo
WFC
$264B
– –
-36,900
Closed -$1.75M
WMB icon
3511
Williams Companies
WMB
$88.4B
– –
-2,235,000
Closed -$48.3M
WSM icon
3512
Williams-Sonoma
WSM
$29.5B
– –
-1,352,600
Closed -$35.3M
WST icon
3513
West Pharmaceutical
WST
$24.7B
– –
-45,900
Closed -$3.48M
WTFC icon
3514
Wintrust Financial
WTFC
$10.9B
– –
-15,600
Closed -$796K
WVE icon
3515
Wave Life Sciences
WVE
$993M
– –
-35,700
Closed -$739K
WY icon
3516
Weyerhaeuser
WY
$18B
– –
-299,260
Closed -$8.91M
XPRO icon
3517
Expro Ltd
XPRO
$2.05B
– –
-44,217
Closed -$3.88M
XYL icon
3518
Xylem
XYL
$28.8B
– –
-611,900
Closed -$27.3M
VRN
3519
DELISTED
Veren
VRN
– –
-237,000
Closed -$3.74M
NBIS
3520
Nebius Group N.V.
NBIS
$49.1B
– –
-16,400
Closed -$358K
JBTM
3521
JBT Marel
JBTM
$6.32B
– –
-63,500
Closed -$3.89M
BCPC
3522
Balchem Corp
BCPC
$5.71B
– –
-10,600
Closed -$632K
MRO
3523
DELISTED
Marathon Oil Corporation
MRO
– –
-2,110,046
Closed -$31.7M
PRFT
3524
DELISTED
Perficient Inc
PRFT
– –
-44,242
Closed -$899K
KA
3525
DELISTED
Kineta, Inc. Common Stock
KA
– –
-141
Closed -$239K
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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.