Renaissance Technologies

Renaissance Technologies Portfolio holdings

AUM $75.2B
1-Year Return 41.49%
 

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.

This Quarter Return
+30.28%
1 Year Return
+41.49%
3 Year Return
+105.58%
5 Year Return
+199.51%
10 Year Return
+593.04%
AUM
$116B
AUM Growth
+$12.9B
Cap. Flow
-$7.32B
Cap. Flow %
-6.32%
Top 10 Hldgs %
14.35%
Holding
3,987
New
586
Increased
1,423
Reduced
1,366
Closed
597

Top Buys

1
ZM icon
Zoom
ZM
$1.14B
2
ABBV icon
AbbVie
ABBV
$537M
3
TMUS icon
T-Mobile US
TMUS
$504M
4
BIDU icon
Baidu
BIDU
$474M
5
KR icon
Kroger
KR
$448M

Sector Composition

1 Healthcare 23.45%
2 Technology 16.11%
3 Consumer Staples 10.59%
4 Consumer Discretionary 9.95%
5 Communication Services 9.52%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
AYI icon
276
Acuity Brands
AYI
$10.4B
$88.5M 0.08%
923,916
-57,800
-6% -$5.53M
LBTYK icon
277
Liberty Global Class C
LBTYK
$4.12B
$88.3M 0.08%
4,106,835
+3,041,420
+285% +$65.4M
MTD icon
278
Mettler-Toledo International
MTD
$26.9B
$88.3M 0.08%
109,628
-14,022
-11% -$11.3M
WM icon
279
Waste Management
WM
$88.6B
$88.1M 0.08%
831,700
+358,011
+76% +$37.9M
LBTYA icon
280
Liberty Global Class A
LBTYA
$4.05B
$87.9M 0.08%
4,021,314
+1,230,887
+44% +$26.9M
CFFN icon
281
Capitol Federal Financial
CFFN
$846M
$87.1M 0.08%
7,908,795
-296,700
-4% -$3.27M
IDCC icon
282
InterDigital
IDCC
$7.43B
$86.7M 0.07%
1,531,567
-67,200
-4% -$3.81M
AVA icon
283
Avista
AVA
$2.99B
$86.7M 0.07%
2,381,522
-381,043
-14% -$13.9M
CSGS icon
284
CSG Systems International
CSGS
$1.86B
$86.1M 0.07%
2,079,456
-164,900
-7% -$6.83M
STLD icon
285
Steel Dynamics
STLD
$19.8B
$85.9M 0.07%
3,293,785
+331,600
+11% +$8.65M
RSG icon
286
Republic Services
RSG
$71.7B
$85.4M 0.07%
1,041,161
-253,044
-20% -$20.8M
TXNM
287
TXNM Energy, Inc.
TXNM
$5.99B
$85M 0.07%
2,210,600
-1,168,500
-35% -$44.9M
GOOG icon
288
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$2.84T
$84.9M 0.07%
1,201,700
-1,888,000
-61% -$133M
VVV icon
289
Valvoline
VVV
$4.96B
$84.4M 0.07%
4,365,851
-571,673
-12% -$11.1M
RGEN icon
290
Repligen
RGEN
$7.01B
$83.8M 0.07%
678,033
+299,300
+79% +$37M
RYN icon
291
Rayonier
RYN
$4.12B
$83.8M 0.07%
3,552,333
-599,340
-14% -$14.1M
CRVL icon
292
CorVel
CRVL
$4.39B
$83.5M 0.07%
3,534,930
-241,827
-6% -$5.71M
RELX icon
293
RELX
RELX
$85.9B
$83.5M 0.07%
3,545,100
+247,100
+7% +$5.82M
DEI icon
294
Douglas Emmett
DEI
$2.83B
$83.4M 0.07%
2,720,709
-1,161,900
-30% -$35.6M
PHI icon
295
PLDT
PHI
$4.21B
$83.1M 0.07%
3,402,654
+144,100
+4% +$3.52M
WNS icon
296
WNS Holdings
WNS
$3.24B
$82.9M 0.07%
1,508,000
-157,400
-9% -$8.65M
AZPN
297
DELISTED
ASPEN TECHNOLOGY INC
AZPN
$82.9M 0.07%
799,703
-302,100
-27% -$31.3M
SBS icon
298
Sabesp
SBS
$15.8B
$82.8M 0.07%
7,879,945
-1,282,500
-14% -$13.5M
KMB icon
299
Kimberly-Clark
KMB
$43.1B
$82.7M 0.07%
585,175
+24,260
+4% +$3.43M
TNDM icon
300
Tandem Diabetes Care
TNDM
$850M
$82.6M 0.07%
835,428
+340,500
+69% +$33.7M