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
| 1 |
PepsiCo
PEP
|
$225M |
| 2 |
General Dynamics
GD
|
$198M |
| 3 |
Apple
AAPL
|
$194M |
| 4 |
LVLT
Level 3 Communications Inc
LVLT
|
$187M |
| 5 |
SWY
SAFEWAY INC
SWY
|
$183M |
Top Sells
| 1 |
TWTC
TW TELECOM INC CL A COM
TWTC
|
$380M |
| 2 |
McDonald's
MCD
|
$284M |
| 3 |
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
|
$181M |
| 4 |
Exxon Mobil
XOM
|
$152M |
| 5 |
TJX Companies
TJX
|
$148M |
Sector Composition
| 1 | Technology | 13.51% |
| 2 | Consumer Staples | 12.97% |
| 3 | Healthcare | 12.48% |
| 4 | Industrials | 11.23% |
| 5 | Financials | 9.07% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Shares Change % | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3126
Southern Copper
SCCO
$83.6B
| – | – |
-22,367
| Closed | -$632K |
|
3127
Select Medical
SEM
$1.62B
| – | – |
-724,397
| Closed | -$4.7M |
|
3128
SFL Corp
SFL
$1.09B
| – | – |
-119,532
| Closed | -$2.02M |
|
3129
SM Energy
SM
$3.09B
| – | – |
-93,700
| Closed | -$7.31M |
|
3130
Standard Motor Products
SMP
$879M
| – | – |
-19,600
| Closed | -$675K |
|
3131
StoneX
SNEX
$5.37B
| – | – |
-80,318
| Closed | -$618K |
|
3132
E.W. Scripps
SSP
$261M
| – | – |
-36,177
| Closed | -$524K |
|
3133
Sensata Technologies
ST
$4.66B
| – | – |
-354,300
| Closed | -$15.8M |
|
3134
STAG Industrial
STAG
$6.9B
| – | – |
-339,300
| Closed | -$7.03M |
|
3135
Steris
STE
$24.2B
| – | – |
-57,600
| Closed | -$3.11M |
|
3136
Constellation Brands
STZ
$26.2B
| – | – |
-299,700
| Closed | -$26.1M |
|
3137
Smith & Wesson
SWBI
$388M
| – | – |
-521,123
| Closed | -$3.78M |
|
3138
Stryker
SYK
$150B
| – | – |
-131,600
| Closed | -$10.6M |
|
3139
Synaptics
SYNA
$2.7B
| – | – |
-385,527
| Closed | -$28.2M |
|
3140
Texas Capital Bancshares
TCBI
$3.96B
| – | – |
-67,527
| Closed | -$3.9M |
|
3141
Alaunos Therapeutics
TCRT
$4.27M
| – | – |
-1,789
| Closed | -$708K |
|
3142
Trip.com Group
TCOM
$47.6B
| – | – |
-766,512
| Closed | -$21.8M |
|
3143
Teck Resources
TECK
$16.8B
| – | – |
-10,561
| Closed | -$200K |
|
3144
TIM SA
TIMB
$10.3B
| – | – |
-107,638
| Closed | -$2.82M |
|
|
3145
TJX Companies
TJX
$155B
| – | – |
-4,990,800
| Closed | -$148M |
|
3146
Tandy Leather Factory
TLF
$24.8M
| – | – |
-20,500
| Closed | -$194K |
|
3147
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF
TLT
$48.9B
| – | – |
-3,500
| Closed | -$407K |
|
3148
Tennant Co
TNC
$1.53B
| – | – |
-3,500
| Closed | -$235K |
|
3149
TripAdvisor
TRIP
$2.05B
| – | – |
-324,100
| Closed | -$29.6M |
|
3150
Tronox
TROX
$710M
| – | – |
-83,900
| Closed | -$2.19M |
|