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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3301
Golar LNG
GLNG
$4.45B
| – | – |
-357,392
| Closed | -$23.7M |
|
3302
Generac Holdings
GNRC
$10.4B
| – | – |
-76,300
| Closed | -$3.09M |
|
3303
Globalstar
GSAT
$3.85B
| – | – |
-786,547
| Closed | -$2.88M |
|
3304
Hain Celestial
HAIN
$164M
| – | – |
-447,111
| Closed | -$45.8M |
|
3305
Hudbay
HBM
$4.88B
| – | – |
-14,982
| Closed | -$128K |
|
3306
HDFC Bank
HDB
$180B
| – | – |
-480,800
| Closed | -$22.4M |
|
3307
Helen of Troy
HELE
$579M
| – | – |
-117,310
| Closed | -$6.16M |
|
3308
Harmonic Inc
HLIT
$1.08B
| – | – |
-22,400
| Closed | -$142K |
|
3309
Home BancShares
HOMB
$5.81B
| – | – |
-73,542
| Closed | -$2.16M |
|
3310
Hope Bancorp
HOPE
$1.42B
| – | – |
-45,838
| Closed | -$669K |
|
3311
Henry Schein
HSIC
$8.25B
| – | – |
-52,206
| Closed | -$6.08M |
|
3312
Heartland Express
HTLD
$642M
| – | – |
-158,633
| Closed | -$3.8M |
|
3313
Huntsman Corp
HUN
$1.86B
| – | – |
-1,089,221
| Closed | -$28.3M |
|
3314
Hexcel
HXL
$5.15B
| – | – |
-19,300
| Closed | -$766K |
|
3315
ICICI Bank
IBN
$113B
| – | – |
-400,700
| Closed | -$19.7M |
|
3316
Intercontinental Exchange
ICE
$100B
| – | – |
-463,698
| Closed | -$90.4M |
|
3317
IDEX
IEX
$12.1B
| – | – |
-88,725
| Closed | -$6.42M |
|
3318
Innospec
IOSP
$2.13B
| – | – |
-13,400
| Closed | -$481K |
|
3319
Itaú Unibanco
ITUB
$75.5B
| – | – |
-2,767,341
| Closed | -$38.4M |
|
3320
KBR
KBR
$6.39B
| – | – |
-926,900
| Closed | -$17.5M |
|
3321
Korea Electric Power
KEP
$17.2B
| – | – |
-259,600
| Closed | -$5.83M |
|
3322
Kinder Morgan
KMI
$59.3B
| – | – |
-3,170,466
| Closed | -$122M |
|
3323
KNOT Offshore Partners
KNOP
$291M
| – | – |
-59,900
| Closed | -$1.5M |
|
3324
Kroger
KR
$44.7B
| – | – |
-131,600
| Closed | -$6.84M |
|
3325
Loews
L
$20B
| – | – |
-444,600
| Closed | -$18.5M |
|