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 | 11.26% |
| 5 | Financials | 9.07% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Shares Change % | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3151
TriMas Corp
TRS
$1.57B
| – | – |
-170,931
| Closed | -$3.31M |
|
3152
Tesla
TSLA
$1.13T
| – | – |
-3,505,500
| Closed | -$56.7M |
|
3153
United Fire Group
UFCS
$794M
| – | – |
-18,683
| Closed | -$519K |
|
3154
Ulta Beauty
ULTA
$23.1B
| – | – |
-27,100
| Closed | -$3.2M |
|
3155
United Natural Foods
UNFI
$1.75B
| – | – |
-284,550
| Closed | -$17.5M |
|
3156
United Parcel Service
UPS
$72.1B
| – | – |
-383,100
| Closed | -$37.7M |
|
3157
Universal Corp
UVV
$1.38B
| – | – |
-6,200
| Closed | -$275K |
|
3158
VF Corp
VFC
$5.86B
| – | – |
-11,894
| Closed | -$740K |
|
3159
Valero Energy
VLO
$48.7B
| – | – |
-117,188
| Closed | -$5.42M |
|
3160
Vodafone
VOD
$28.5B
| – | – |
-1,665,156
| Closed | -$54.8M |
|
3161
Verint Systems
VRNT
$1.23B
| – | – |
-881,524
| Closed | -$25M |
|
3162
Wells Fargo
WFC
$253B
| – | – |
-15,211
| Closed | -$789K |
|
3163
World Kinect Corp
WKC
$1.48B
| – | – |
-170,300
| Closed | -$6.8M |
|
3164
Walmart
WMT
$801B
| – | – |
-3,381,000
| Closed | -$86.2M |
|
3165
Wolfspeed
WOLF
$196M
| – | – |
-322,642
| Closed | -$13.2M |
|
3166
Watsco
WSO
$16.6B
| – | – |
-52,700
| Closed | -$4.54M |
|
3167
W&T Offshore
WTI
$261M
| – | – |
-383,400
| Closed | -$4.22M |
|
|
X
3168
DELISTED
US Steel
X
| – | – |
-2,109,000
| Closed | -$82.6M |
|
3169
Dentsply Sirona
XRAY
$2.92B
| – | – |
-425,158
| Closed | -$19.4M |
|
3170
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions
ZWS
$7.71B
| – | – |
-369,721
| Closed | -$5.07M |
|
|
VRN
3171
DELISTED
Veren
VRN
| – | – |
-41,964
| Closed | -$1.4M |
|
|
SMC
3172
Summit Midstream Corporation
SMC
$282M
| – | – |
-1,635
| Closed | -$1.25M |
|
|
GAP
3173
The Gap, Inc.
GAP
$8.83B
| – | – |
-1,310,300
| Closed | -$54.6M |
|
|
INVX
3174
Innovex International, Inc.
INVX
$1.16B
| – | – |
-213,300
| Closed | -$19.1M |
|
|
JOYY
3175
JOYY Inc. American Depositary Shares
JOYY
$3.21B
| – | – |
-147,000
| Closed | -$11M |
|