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 |
IBM
IBM
|
$320M |
| 2 |
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
|
$221M |
| 3 |
GE Aerospace
GE
|
$156M |
| 4 |
Walt Disney
DIS
|
$154M |
| 5 |
Target
TGT
|
$145M |
Top Sells
| 1 |
Apple
AAPL
|
$283M |
| 2 |
Eli Lilly
LLY
|
$203M |
| 3 |
Microsoft
MSFT
|
$199M |
| 4 |
Bristol-Myers Squibb
BMY
|
$194M |
| 5 |
Citigroup
C
|
$177M |
Sector Composition
| 1 | Technology | 14.01% |
| 2 | Healthcare | 12.1% |
| 3 | Consumer Discretionary | 11.99% |
| 4 | Consumer Staples | 11.91% |
| 5 | Industrials | 10.23% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Shares Change % | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3176
Petrobras
PBR
$79.8B
| – | – |
-234,500
| Closed | -$3.15M |
|
3177
Public Service Enterprise Group
PEG
$40.7B
| – | – |
-548,000
| Closed | -$17.9M |
|
3178
PENN Entertainment
PENN
$2.94B
| – | – |
-103,760
| Closed | -$5.49M |
|
3179
Progressive
PGR
$144B
| – | – |
-66,600
| Closed | -$1.69M |
|
3180
Pultegroup
PHM
$26.2B
| – | – |
-2,125,167
| Closed | -$40.3M |
|
3181
Polaris
PII
$3.21B
| – | – |
-7,700
| Closed | -$732K |
|
3182
Piper Sandler
PIPR
$5.83B
| – | – |
-25,200
| Closed | -$797K |
|
3183
Pool Corp
POOL
$11.3B
| – | – |
-149,800
| Closed | -$7.85M |
|
3184
Primerica
PRI
$8.65B
| – | – |
-20,000
| Closed | -$749K |
|
3185
Primoris Services
PRIM
$6.3B
| – | – |
-130,200
| Closed | -$2.57M |
|
3186
Public Storage
PSA
$50.7B
| – | – |
-84,600
| Closed | -$13M |
|
3187
PVH
PVH
$4.21B
| – | – |
-483,270
| Closed | -$60.4M |
|
3188
Regency Centers
REG
$13.1B
| – | – |
-258,200
| Closed | -$13.1M |
|
3189
Reinsurance Group of America
RGA
$12.9B
| – | – |
-144,800
| Closed | -$10M |
|
3190
Resources Connection
RGP
$167M
| – | – |
-20,864
| Closed | -$242K |
|
3191
Rio Tinto
RIO
$101B
| – | – |
-382,700
| Closed | -$15.7M |
|
3192
Rockwell Medical
RMTI
$61.6M
| – | – |
-185,628
| Closed | -$670K |
|
3193
VanEck Retail ETF
RTH
$258M
| – | – |
-12,300
| Closed | -$638K |
|
3194
Banco Santander
SAN
$140B
| – | – |
-415,098
| Closed | -$2.69M |
|
3195
Sibanye-Stillwater
SBSW
$6.27B
| – | – |
-113,074
| Closed | -$332K |
|
3196
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF
TLT
$47.5B
| – | – |
-8,000
| Closed | -$884K |
|