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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3226
Alto Ingredients
ALTO
$86.7M
| – | – |
-83,782
| Closed | -$1.17M |
|
3227
Autoliv
ALV
$9.6B
| – | – |
-43,800
| Closed | -$4.03M |
|
3228
Amazon
AMZN
$2.41T
| – | – |
-33,755
| Closed | -$10.9M |
|
3229
Angi Inc
ANGI
$786M
| – | – |
-346,681
| Closed | -$2.21M |
|
3230
APA Corp
APA
$8.19B
| – | – |
-500,254
| Closed | -$47M |
|
3231
Apogee Enterprises
APOG
$916M
| – | – |
-8,552
| Closed | -$340K |
|
3232
Archrock
AROC
$4.39B
| – | – |
-757,590
| Closed | -$33.6M |
|
3233
Astec Industries
ASTE
$1.05B
| – | – |
-7,397
| Closed | -$270K |
|
3234
American Express
AXP
$228B
| – | – |
-368,700
| Closed | -$32.3M |
|
3235
Banco Bradesco
BBD
$32.4B
| – | – |
-2,301,886
| Closed | -$32.8M |
|
3236
Belden
BDC
$5.05B
| – | – |
-27,000
| Closed | -$1.73M |
|
3237
Bright Horizons
BFAM
$6.57B
| – | – |
-58,700
| Closed | -$2.47M |
|
3238
BHP
BHP
$142B
| – | – |
-742,200
| Closed | -$43.7M |
|
3239
Builders FirstSource
BLDR
$15.1B
| – | – |
-29,488
| Closed | -$161K |
|
3240
Bloomin' Brands
BLMN
$607M
| – | – |
-305,239
| Closed | -$5.6M |
|
3241
Bruker
BRKR
$4.51B
| – | – |
-255,960
| Closed | -$4.74M |
|
3242
Santander
BSBR
$39.2B
| – | – |
-484,200
| Closed | -$3.17M |
|
3243
BWX Technologies
BWXT
$14.8B
| – | – |
-84,427
| Closed | -$2.34M |
|
3244
Chubb
CB
$110B
| – | – |
-225,900
| Closed | -$23.7M |
|
3245
Cracker Barrel
CBRL
$1.22B
| – | – |
-34,132
| Closed | -$3.52M |
|
3246
Crown Castle
CCI
$43B
| – | – |
-627,503
| Closed | -$50.5M |
|
3247
CDW
CDW
$21.2B
| – | – |
-96,200
| Closed | -$2.99M |
|
3248
Century Aluminum
CENX
$2.04B
| – | – |
-266,499
| Closed | -$6.92M |
|
3249
CF Industries
CF
$13.9B
| – | – |
-108,450
| Closed | -$30.3M |
|
3250
Check Point Software Technologies
CHKP
$20.5B
| – | – |
-18,908
| Closed | -$1.31M |
|