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
1 Year Return
+41.49%
3 Year Return
5 Year Return
10 Year Return
AUM
$75.2B
AUM Growth
+$9.1B
Cap. Flow
Cap. Flow %
Top 10 Hldgs %
Holding
4,018
New
Increased
Reduced
Closed

Top Buys

1 +$1B
2 +$721M
3
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
+$468M
4
UNH icon
UnitedHealth
UNH
+$422M
5
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GE Vernova
GEV
+$376M

Sector Composition

1 Technology 19.67%
2 Healthcare 15.79%
3 Consumer Discretionary 12.38%
4 Financials 11.51%
5 Industrials 8.92%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
DDI
3051
DoubleDown Interactive
DDI
$440M
$291K ﹤0.01%
30,400
-16,400
MANU icon
3052
Manchester United
MANU
$2.75B
$291K ﹤0.01%
16,327
+5,611
IZEA icon
3053
IZEA Worldwide
IZEA
$83.3M
$290K ﹤0.01%
113,703
+35,300
DXLG icon
3054
Destination XL Group
DXLG
$57.7M
$290K ﹤0.01%
261,100
-7,600
DB icon
3055
Deutsche Bank
DB
$66.6B
$289K ﹤0.01%
9,762
-2,960
ESPR icon
3056
Esperion Therapeutics
ESPR
$586M
$288K ﹤0.01%
+292,400
DTST icon
3057
Data Storage Corp
DTST
$29M
$287K ﹤0.01%
83,800
+1,900
SPRU icon
3058
Spruce Power Holding Corp
SPRU
$53.9M
$286K ﹤0.01%
141,820
+3,000
LTRN icon
3059
Lantern Pharma
LTRN
$46.9M
$286K ﹤0.01%
90,600
+1,800
ABOS icon
3060
Acumen Pharmaceuticals
ABOS
$130M
$286K ﹤0.01%
246,588
-10,112
KPTI icon
3061
Karyopharm Therapeutics
KPTI
$47.7M
$284K ﹤0.01%
65,814
+4,600
FTCS icon
3062
First Trust Capital Strength ETF
FTCS
$8.36B
$282K ﹤0.01%
+3,100
HAIN icon
3063
Hain Celestial
HAIN
$121M
$282K ﹤0.01%
185,222
+157,900
FMAO icon
3064
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp
FMAO
$320M
$280K ﹤0.01%
+11,081
LUCD icon
3065
Lucid Diagnostics
LUCD
$117M
$280K ﹤0.01%
243,279
-215,786
BSBK icon
3066
Bogota Financial
BSBK
$114M
$279K ﹤0.01%
35,774
-2,077
BTBT icon
3067
Bit Digital
BTBT
$1.21B
$278K ﹤0.01%
+126,972
EDUC icon
3068
Educational Development Corp
EDUC
$12.4M
$276K ﹤0.01%
205,945
-8,900
EBR.B icon
3069
Eletrobras Preferred Shares
EBR.B
$22.6B
$275K ﹤0.01%
33,300
+3,501
CLST icon
3070
Catalyst Bancorp
CLST
$55M
$275K ﹤0.01%
22,200
-700
HYFM icon
3071
Hydrofarm Holdings
HYFM
$15.3M
$274K ﹤0.01%
73,363
-1,100
COCO icon
3072
Vita Coco
COCO
$2.38B
$274K ﹤0.01%
7,600
-39,200
DXR icon
3073
Daxor
DXR
$62.9M
$274K ﹤0.01%
28,021
-100
OCC icon
3074
Optical Cable Corp
OCC
$88M
$274K ﹤0.01%
94,223
-1,980
VXRT
3075
DELISTED
Vaxart
VXRT
$270K ﹤0.01%
+597,443