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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3276
Dynavax Technologies
DVAX
$1.18B
| – | – |
-131,694
| Closed | -$188K |
|
3277
Devon Energy
DVN
$22.4B
| – | – |
-1,049,800
| Closed | -$71.6M |
|
3278
eBay
EBAY
$41.1B
| – | – |
-283,340
| Closed | -$16M |
|
3279
Ennis
EBF
$470M
| – | – |
-57,600
| Closed | -$759K |
|
3280
Eletrobras Preferred Shares
EBR.B
$19.6B
| – | – |
-29,000
| Closed | -$121K |
|
3281
8x8 Inc
EGHT
$269M
| – | – |
-191,101
| Closed | -$1.28M |
|
3282
Emcor
EME
$28B
| – | – |
-173,700
| Closed | -$6.94M |
|
3283
Enanta Pharmaceuticals
ENTA
$189M
| – | – |
-83,277
| Closed | -$3.3M |
|
3284
EOG Resources
EOG
$66.7B
| – | – |
-642,800
| Closed | -$63.7M |
|
3285
Equinor
EQNR
$60.4B
| – | – |
-115,500
| Closed | -$3.14M |
|
3286
iShares MSCI Brazil ETF
EWZ
$5.37B
| – | – |
-215,200
| Closed | -$9.35M |
|
3287
Expeditors International
EXPD
$16.3B
| – | – |
-539,616
| Closed | -$21.9M |
|
3288
Expedia Group
EXPE
$26.2B
| – | – |
-232,334
| Closed | -$20.4M |
|
3289
Ford
F
$46.4B
| – | – |
-667,809
| Closed | -$9.88M |
|
3290
Fortress Biotech
FBIO
$88.4M
| – | – |
-187,719
| Closed | -$394K |
|
3291
Freeport-McMoran
FCX
$65.7B
| – | – |
-1,223,071
| Closed | -$39.9M |
|
3292
FedEx
FDX
$53B
| – | – |
-56,770
| Closed | -$9.17M |
|
3293
Comfort Systems
FIX
$24.8B
| – | – |
-63,900
| Closed | -$866K |
|
3294
Fluor
FLR
$6.98B
| – | – |
-376,600
| Closed | -$25.2M |
|
3295
FMC
FMC
$4.66B
| – | – |
-765,800
| Closed | -$43.8M |
|
3296
Fossil Group
FOSL
$175M
| – | – |
-23,400
| Closed | -$2.2M |
|
3297
Fulton Financial
FULT
$3.55B
| – | – |
-141,666
| Closed | -$1.57M |
|
3298
The Greenbrier Companies
GBX
$1.41B
| – | – |
-312,600
| Closed | -$22.9M |
|
3299
Green Dot
GDOT
$756M
| – | – |
-98,500
| Closed | -$2.08M |
|
3300
Gevo
GEVO
$404M
| – | – |
-395,400
| Closed | -$135K |
|