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Jim Simons Renaissance Technologies
AUM
$72.6B
Turnover
31.08%
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
(+7.7%)
Cap. Flow
+$1.92B
Cap. Flow % of AUM
Cap. Flow %
3.4%
Top 10 Holdings %
Top 10 Hldgs %
7.89%
Holding
3,713
New
413
Increased
1,833
Reduced
1,026
Closed
416
Avg Time Held
1.6
years
Top 10 Avg Time Held
1.3
years
Top 20 Avg Time Held
1.1
years
Top Buys
| Rank | Stock | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
|
+$373M |
| 2 |
Costco
COST
|
+$283M |
| 3 |
Bristol-Myers Squibb
BMY
|
+$270M |
| 4 |
Pfizer
PFE
|
+$240M |
| 5 |
Microsoft
MSFT
|
+$225M |
Top Sells
| Rank | Stock | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
CVS Health
CVS
|
+$274M |
| 2 |
EMC CORPORATION
EMC
|
+$228M |
| 3 |
GAS
AGL Resources Inc
GAS
|
+$216M |
| 4 |
TECO ENERGY INC
TE
|
+$136M |
| 5 |
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 | Held Since | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
Novo Nordisk
NVO
$174B
| $609M | 1.08% |
29,307,000
+3,407,400
| +13% | +$84.5M |
2013 Q2
13 quarters
|
|
2
Mastercard
MA
$543B
| $574M | 1.02% |
5,644,100
+259,400
| +5% | +$24.9M |
2013 Q2
13 quarters
|
|
|
LLTC
3
DELISTED
Linear Technology Corp
LLTC
| $517M | 0.91% |
8,714,900
+1,319,300
| +18% | +$74M |
2013 Q2
13 quarters
|
|
4
Colgate-Palmolive
CL
$75.4B
| $508M | 0.9% |
6,848,000
-944,900
| -12% | -$69.9M |
2013 Q2
13 quarters
|
|
5
NetEase
NTES
$80.1B
| $480M | 0.85% |
9,965,500
-1,993,000
| -17% | -$84.8M |
2013 Q2
13 quarters
|
|
|
6
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$4.16T
| $421M | 0.74% |
10,480,960
+9,532,960
| +1,006% | +$373M |
2016 Q1
2 quarters
|
|
7
VeriSign
VRSN
$27.7B
| $369M | 0.65% |
4,713,376
+632,200
| +15% | +$50.7M |
2013 Q2
13 quarters
|
|
|
8
Microsoft
MSFT
$3.95T
| $351M | 0.62% |
6,096,584
+3,985,384
| +189% | +$225M |
2016 Q1
2 quarters
|
|
|
9
Costco
COST
$441B
| $318M | 0.56% |
2,086,213
+1,748,513
| +518% | +$283M |
2013 Q2
13 quarters
|
|
10
Amgen
AMGN
$237B
| $316M | 0.56% |
1,896,341
+719,896
| +61% | +$122M |
2013 Q2
13 quarters
|
|
|
11
Pfizer
PFE
$172B
| $290M | 0.51% |
9,028,818
+7,189,166
| +391% | +$240M |
2015 Q4
3 quarters
|
|
12
Cboe Global Markets
CBOE
$32.9B
| $290M | 0.51% |
4,466,000
-42,000
| -0.9% | -$2.86M |
2013 Q2
13 quarters
|
|
13
Duke Energy
DUK
$94.6B
| $263M | 0.46% |
3,282,967
+605,300
| +23% | +$50.1M |
2014 Q1
10 quarters
|
|
14
Home Depot
HD
$314B
| $257M | 0.45% |
1,994,700
-55,500
| -3% | -$7.4M |
2016 Q2
1 quarter
|
|
|
15
Bristol-Myers Squibb
BMY
$126B
| $256M | 0.45% |
4,740,200
+4,203,200
| +783% | +$270M |
2016 Q2
1 quarter
|
|
16
Entergy
ETR
$50.2B
| $247M | 0.44% |
6,447,600
+780,178
| +14% | +$31M |
2014 Q3
8 quarters
|
|
17
Walt Disney
DIS
$193B
| $246M | 0.44% |
2,653,207
+1,901,100
| +253% | +$182M |
2016 Q2
1 quarter
|
|
18
Palo Alto Networks
PANW
$278B
| $236M | 0.42% |
8,892,600
+2,094,000
| +31% | +$47.7M |
2015 Q2
5 quarters
|
|
19
NVIDIA
NVDA
$5.23T
| $219M | 0.39% |
127,984,000
-36,227,720
| -22% | -$53.5M |
2013 Q4
11 quarters
|
|
20
Domino's
DPZ
$10.4B
| $216M | 0.38% |
1,424,600
-233,800
| -14% | -$34.1M |
2013 Q2
13 quarters
|
|
21
Chubb
CB
$138B
| $215M | 0.38% |
1,710,061
+673,499
| +65% | +$85.5M |
2015 Q1
6 quarters
|
|
22
American Electric Power
AEP
$69.3B
| $214M | 0.38% |
3,329,208
+1,247,108
| +60% | +$83.9M |
2014 Q3
8 quarters
|
|
23
SiriusXM
SIRI
$9.15B
| $213M | 0.38% |
5,103,750
+2,221,140
| +77% | +$92.7M |
2014 Q4
7 quarters
|
|
24
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$4.11T
| $205M | 0.36% |
5,269,700
+3,379,700
| +179% | +$128M |
2014 Q3
8 quarters
|
|
25
Walmart Inc
WMT
$935B
| $202M | 0.36% |
8,383,500
+6,292,200
| +301% | +$153M |
2016 Q1
2 quarters
|
|
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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 413 new positions and adding to 1,833 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 413 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.