Renaissance Technologies Portfolio holdings
Renaissance Technologies LLC, founded in 1982 by mathematician James Simons as Monemetrics and headquartered in East Setauket, New York, is a legendary quantitative hedge fund managing around $65 billion in assets as of late 2024, renowned for its pioneering use of mathematical models and algorithms in trading. Starting with currency trading and evolving into a secretive powerhouse under its flagship Medallion Fund—launched in 1988—the firm employs PhDs, physicists, and computer scientists to analyze vast datasets, executing high-frequency trades across equities, futures, and derivatives with returns averaging over 66% annually before fees from 1988 to 2018. Simons, who stepped down as chairman in 2021, built a culture of intellectual rigor, limiting Medallion to employees and insiders since 1993 while offering institutional funds like the Renaissance Institutional Equities Fund (RIEF) to outsiders. Now led by Peter Brown and Robert Mercer’s successors, Renaissance remains a benchmark for quant investing, blending academic precision with a low-profile, extraordinarily profitable legacy despite occasional regulatory scrutiny.
Top Buys
| Rank | Stock | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
ExxonMobil
XOM
|
+$521M |
| 2 |
Becton Dickinson
BDX
|
+$411M |
| 3 |
GE Aerospace
GE
|
+$361M |
| 4 |
IBM
IBM
|
+$305M |
| 5 |
Philip Morris
PM
|
+$296M |
Top Sells
| Rank | Stock | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
BCR
CR Bard Inc.
BCR
|
+$455M |
| 2 |
NetEase
NTES
|
+$451M |
| 3 |
Medtronic
MDT
|
+$398M |
| 4 |
NVIDIA
NVDA
|
+$348M |
| 5 |
Netflix
NFLX
|
+$332M |
Sector Composition
| Rank | Sector | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Healthcare | 16.06% |
| 2 | Technology | 13.71% |
| 3 | Financials | 10.21% |
| 4 | Industrials | 9.72% |
| 5 | Consumer Discretionary | 9.38% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Change in Stake | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
OSG
1876
Octave Specialty Group
OSG
$250M
| $4.52M | 0.01% |
283,100
-94,800
| -25% | -$1.46M |
|
1877
Pathward Financial
CASH
$1.85B
| $4.52M | 0.01% |
146,400
-210,600
| -59% | -$6.11M |
|
|
PMBC
1878
DELISTED
Pacific Mercantile Bancorp
PMBC
| $4.51M | 0.01% |
516,000
+27,300
| +6% | +$251K |
|
1879
Super Micro Computer
SMCI
$17.9B
| $4.51M | 0.01% |
2,155,000
-1,097,000
| -34% | -$2.36M |
|
1880
James Hardie Industries
JHX
$15.4B
| $4.49M | 0.01% |
255,000
+37,633
| +17% | +$589K |
|
1881
Climb Global Solutions
CLMB
$497M
| $4.49M | ﹤0.01% |
1,075,200
-89,600
| -8% | -$334K |
|
1882
G. Willi-Food International
WILC
$376M
| $4.49M | ﹤0.01% |
624,300
-8,100
| -1% | -$49.1K |
|
|
TGNA
1883
DELISTED
TEGNA Inc
TGNA
| $4.48M | ﹤0.01% |
+318,400
| New | +$4.17M |
|
1884
Build-A-Bear
BBW
$442M
| $4.44M | ﹤0.01% |
483,000
-138
| -0% | -$1.18K |
|
1885
Blackbaud
BLKB
$1.84B
| $4.43M | ﹤0.01% |
+46,897
| New | +$4.51M |
|
1886
Digi International
DGII
$2.57B
| $4.41M | ﹤0.01% |
461,400
-43,800
| -9% | -$448K |
|
1887
Nature's Sunshine
NATR
$357M
| $4.4M | ﹤0.01% |
381,200
+5,500
| +1% | +$62.5K |
|
1888
BCB Bancorp
BCBP
$177M
| $4.4M | ﹤0.01% |
303,400
+87,000
| +40% | +$1.25M |
|
1889
Hingham Institution for Saving
HIFS
$622M
| $4.39M | ﹤0.01% |
21,200
+4,000
| +23% | +$809K |
|
|
YUME
1890
DELISTED
YuMe, Inc.
YUME
| $4.38M | ﹤0.01% |
916,300
+140,500
| +18% | +$556K |
|
|
MN
1891
DELISTED
MANNING & NAPIER, INC.
MN
| $4.37M | ﹤0.01% |
1,214,191
+4,891
| +0.4% | +$18.4K |
|
|
MTGE
1892
DELISTED
MTGE Investment Corp. Common Stock
MTGE
| $4.37M | ﹤0.01% |
236,200
+66,900
| +40% | +$1.25M |
|
|
AHGP
1893
DELISTED
Alliance Holdings GP
AHGP
| $4.37M | ﹤0.01% |
163,100
+43,700
| +37% | +$1.16M |
|
1894
Capital City Bank Group
CCBG
$882M
| $4.37M | ﹤0.01% |
190,299
-9,900
| -5% | -$240K |
|
|
CPRX
1895
DELISTED
Catalyst Pharmaceutical
CPRX
| $4.36M | ﹤0.01% |
1,114,100
+532,500
| +92% | +$1.76M |
|
|
TFCFA
1896
DELISTED
Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. Class A
TFCFA
| $4.34M | ﹤0.01% |
125,731
-1,714,571
| -93% | -$51.2M |
|
1897
Weyerhaeuser
WY
$16.9B
| $4.34M | ﹤0.01% |
+122,981
| New | +$4.35M |
|
1898
Global Industrial
GIC
$1.35B
| $4.32M | ﹤0.01% |
129,800
-23,100
| -15% | -$679K |
|
1899
Clean Energy Fuels
CLNE
$425M
| $4.32M | ﹤0.01% |
2,125,978
-941,800
| -31% | -$2.08M |
|
1900
Genpact
G
$5.99B
| $4.3M | ﹤0.01% |
+135,600
| New | +$4.2M |
|
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Renaissance Technologies's Q4 2017 Portfolio in Review
As of Q4 2017, Renaissance Technologies held 3,692 positions worth $90.7B, up 6.7% from $85B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 8.4% of the portfolio.
Renaissance Technologies's Q4 2017 filing shows 521 new, 1,724 increased, 1,031 reduced and 386 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Alphabet (Google) Class C: 3,773,700 shares worth $197M. The largest sale was CR Bard Inc., an estimated $455M.
By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Healthcare at 16% of assets, up from 16% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Financials.
- Renaissance Technologies's largest Q4 2017 buy was Alphabet (Google) Class C: 3,773,700 shares worth $197M.
- Renaissance Technologies added most to ExxonMobil in Q4 2017, an estimated $521M increase.
- Renaissance Technologies's biggest Q4 2017 reduction was NetEase, cutting an estimated $451M.
- Renaissance Technologies fully exited CR Bard Inc. in Q4 2017, selling an estimated $455M.
- Renaissance Technologies's ten largest holdings make up 8.4% of its $90.7B portfolio in Q4 2017.
- Renaissance Technologies opened 521 new positions and closed 386 in Q4 2017.
- Renaissance Technologies's portfolio value rose 6.7% quarter-over-quarter to $90.7B.
Based on Renaissance Technologies's 13F filing for Q4 2017, filed 13 Feb 2018.