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 |
Gilead Sciences
GILD
|
+$238M |
| 2 |
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
|
+$224M |
| 3 |
MON
Monsanto Co
MON
|
+$219M |
| 4 |
AET
Aetna Inc
AET
|
+$215M |
| 5 |
Broadcom
AVGO
|
+$179M |
Top Sells
| 1 |
Bristol-Myers Squibb
BMY
|
+$242M |
| 2 |
Microsoft
MSFT
|
+$232M |
| 3 |
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
|
+$205M |
| 4 |
Home Depot
HD
|
+$188M |
| 5 |
Nike
NKE
|
+$187M |
Sector Composition
| 1 | Financials | 14.12% |
| 2 | Technology | 13.1% |
| 3 | Healthcare | 12.08% |
| 4 | Industrials | 11% |
| 5 | Consumer Staples | 8.66% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Shares Change % | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3251
Royal Gold
RGLD
$12.3B
| – | – |
-267,309
| Closed | -$20.7M |
|
3252
Robert Half
RHI
$3.57B
| – | – |
-9,900
| Closed | -$375K |
|
3253
Rigel Pharmaceuticals
RIGL
$668M
| – | – |
-62,980
| Closed | -$2.31M |
|
3254
Rio Tinto
RIO
$101B
| – | – |
-904,500
| Closed | -$30.2M |
|
3255
RLI Corp
RLI
$6.06B
| – | – |
-10,200
| Closed | -$349K |
|
3256
Range Resources
RRC
$8.24B
| – | – |
-110,091
| Closed | -$4.27M |
|
3257
Sabre
SABR
$679M
| – | – |
-453,500
| Closed | -$12.8M |
|
3258
Saic
SAIC
$4.71B
| – | – |
-19,000
| Closed | -$1.32M |
|
3259
SBA Communications
SBAC
$20.7B
| – | – |
-244,949
| Closed | -$27.5M |
|
3260
Sally Beauty Holdings
SBH
$1.44B
| – | – |
-133,900
| Closed | -$3.44M |
|
3261
Southern Copper
SCCO
$82.3B
| – | – |
-365,495
| Closed | -$9.15M |
|
3262
Service Corp International
SCI
$11B
| – | – |
-314,800
| Closed | -$8.36M |
|
3263
Scansource
SCSC
$938M
| – | – |
-14,910
| Closed | -$544K |
|
3264
Shoe Carnival
SCVL
$648M
| – | – |
-30,800
| Closed | -$411K |
|
3265
Steris
STE
$24.2B
| – | – |
-297,300
| Closed | -$21.7M |
|
3266
Constellation Brands
STZ
$25.2B
| – | – |
-213,900
| Closed | -$35.6M |
|
3267
Stock Yards Bancorp
SYBT
$2.28B
| – | – |
-8,800
| Closed | -$290K |
|
3268
Synchrony
SYF
$28B
| – | – |
-1,972,700
| Closed | -$55.2M |
|
3269
Alaunos Therapeutics
TCRT
$4.9M
| – | – |
-2,103
| Closed | -$1.78M |
|
3270
Telefonica
TEF
$30B
| – | – |
-720,993
| Closed | -$5.65M |
|
3271
Tenax Therapeutics
TENX
$28M
| – | – |
-1
| Closed | -$58K |
|
3272
Telecom Argentina
TEO
$3.3B
| – | – |
-1,853,410
| Closed | -$33.9M |
|
3273
Terex
TEX
$3.45B
| – | – |
-154,000
| Closed | -$3.91M |
|
3274
Truist Financial
TFC
$58.5B
| – | – |
-1,577,154
| Closed | -$59.5M |
|
3275
Teleflex
TFX
$5.75B
| – | – |
-17,400
| Closed | -$2.92M |
|