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 |
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
|
+$383M |
| 2 |
Costco
COST
|
+$267M |
| 3 |
Pfizer
PFE
|
+$231M |
| 4 |
Microsoft
MSFT
|
+$230M |
| 5 |
Bristol-Myers Squibb
BMY
|
+$227M |
Top Sells
| 1 |
CVS Health
CVS
|
+$258M |
| 2 |
EMC
EMC CORPORATION
EMC
|
+$228M |
| 3 |
GAS
AGL RESOURCES INC (HOLDING CO)
GAS
|
+$216M |
| 4 |
Charter Communications
CHTR
|
+$142M |
| 5 |
TE
TECO ENERGY INC
TE
|
+$136M |
Sector Composition
| 1 | Technology | 15.67% |
| 2 | Healthcare | 12.42% |
| 3 | Financials | 11.99% |
| 4 | Consumer Staples | 9.63% |
| 5 | Industrials | 9.22% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Shares Change % | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3376
Becton Dickinson
BDX
$54.9B
| – | – |
-121,985
| Closed | -$20.2M |
|
3377
Brown-Forman Class B
BF.B
$13B
| – | – |
-1,105,078
| Closed | -$35.3M |
|
3378
BGSF Inc
BGSF
$70.1M
| – | – |
-37,600
| Closed | -$711K |
|
3379
Baytex Energy
BTE
$1.68B
| – | – |
-955,741
| Closed | -$5.53M |
|
3380
Cheesecake Factory
CAKE
$2.99B
| – | – |
-192,045
| Closed | -$9.25M |
|
3381
Carisma Therapeutics
CARM
$17.3M
| – | – |
-5,925
| Closed | -$198K |
|
3382
Cerus
CERS
$247M
| – | – |
-21,400
| Closed | -$134K |
|
3383
Citizens Financial Group
CFG
$22.3B
| – | – |
-30,200
| Closed | -$603K |
|
3384
Coherus Oncology, Inc. Common Stock
CHRS
$159M
| – | – |
-94,500
| Closed | -$1.6M |
|
3385
Cigna
CI
$80.3B
| – | – |
-401,700
| Closed | -$51.4M |
|
3386
CEMIG Preferred Shares
CIG
$5.78B
| – | – |
-143,015
| Closed | -$161K |
|
|
CIM
3387
Chimera Investment
CIM
$1.19B
| – | – |
-19,287
| Closed | -$908K |
|
3388
Centene
CNC
$15.3B
| – | – |
-400,406
| Closed | -$14.3M |
|
3389
CONMED
CNMD
$1.67B
| – | – |
-49,081
| Closed | -$2.34M |
|
3390
Columbia Banking Systems
COLB
$8.06B
| – | – |
-181,279
| Closed | -$5.09M |
|
3391
Coty
COTY
$3.77B
| – | – |
-118,600
| Closed | -$3.08M |
|
|
CRESY
3392
Cresud
CRESY
$540M
| – | – |
-134,533
| Closed | -$1.71M |
|
3393
Carter's
CRI
$1.05B
| – | – |
-149,700
| Closed | -$15.9M |
|
3394
Cirrus Logic
CRUS
$6.03B
| – | – |
-119,613
| Closed | -$4.64M |
|
3395
Flowers Foods
FLO
$3.15B
| – | – |
-972,882
| Closed | -$18.2M |
|
3396
Flowserve
FLS
$7.28B
| – | – |
-49,400
| Closed | -$2.23M |
|
3397
Frontline
FRO
$5.01B
| – | – |
-13,109
| Closed | -$100K |
|
3398
Future FinTech Group
FTFT
$9.01M
| – | – |
-345
| Closed | -$38K |
|
3399
Fulton Financial
FULT
$3.54B
| – | – |
-246,045
| Closed | -$3.32M |
|
3400
Liberty Media Series C
FWONK
$25.5B
| – | – |
-81,067
| Closed | -$1.49M |
|