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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3251
Clearwater Paper
CLW
$344M
| – | – |
-71,800
| Closed | -$4.32M |
|
3252
Columbus McKinnon
CMCO
$415M
| – | – |
-15,885
| Closed | -$349K |
|
3253
CONMED
CNMD
$1.64B
| – | – |
-180,481
| Closed | -$6.65M |
|
3254
CNX Resources
CNX
$4.19B
| – | – |
-129,900
| Closed | -$4.92M |
|
3255
ConocoPhillips
COP
$118B
| – | – |
-1,531,113
| Closed | -$117M |
|
3256
Copa Holdings
CPA
$4.83B
| – | – |
-59,800
| Closed | -$6.42M |
|
|
CPAC
3257
Cementos Pacasmayo
CPAC
$577M
| – | – |
-29,400
| Closed | -$263K |
|
3258
Catalyst Pharmaceutical
CPRX
$2.51B
| – | – |
-196,500
| Closed | -$652K |
|
3259
Capri Holdings
CPRI
$2.47B
| – | – |
-451,200
| Closed | -$32.2M |
|
3260
Comstock Resources
CRK
$4.7B
| – | – |
-90,400
| Closed | -$1.68M |
|
3261
Salesforce
CRM
$242B
| – | – |
-407,500
| Closed | -$23.4M |
|
3262
Cisco
CSCO
$268B
| – | – |
-217,505
| Closed | -$5.48M |
|
3263
CoStar Group
CSGP
$37.5B
| – | – |
-18,998
| Closed | -$2.96M |
|
3264
Canadian Solar
CSIQ
$666M
| – | – |
-6,902
| Closed | -$247K |
|
3265
Caesarstone
CSTE
$49.4M
| – | – |
-110,440
| Closed | -$5.71M |
|
3266
Carnival PLC
CUK
$37.8B
| – | – |
-48,400
| Closed | -$1.93M |
|
3267
Cenovus Energy
CVE
$29.7B
| – | – |
-352,800
| Closed | -$9.48M |
|
3268
CPI Aerostructures
CVU
$32.8M
| – | – |
-13,000
| Closed | -$128K |
|
3269
Chevron
CVX
$319B
| – | – |
-403,298
| Closed | -$48.1M |
|
3270
Cemex
CX
$13.4B
| – | – |
-121,041
| Closed | -$1.58M |
|
3271
Cytokinetics
CYTK
$5.8B
| – | – |
-498,161
| Closed | -$1.75M |
|
3272
Dana Inc
DAN
$2.68B
| – | – |
-167,900
| Closed | -$3.22M |
|
3273
DuPont de Nemours
DD
$31.7B
| – | – |
-1,013,300
| Closed | -$53.1M |
|
3274
Dollar General
DG
$24.1B
| – | – |
-633,600
| Closed | -$38.7M |
|
3275
Dorman Products
DORM
$4.85B
| – | – |
-226,600
| Closed | -$9.08M |
|