Renaissance Technologies

Renaissance Technologies Portfolio holdings

AUM $75.2B
1-Year Return 41.49%
 

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.

This Quarter Return
+16.98%
1 Year Return
+41.49%
3 Year Return
+105.58%
5 Year Return
+199.51%
10 Year Return
+593.04%
AUM
$75.2B
AUM Growth
+$9.1B
Cap. Flow
+$1.93B
Cap. Flow %
2.57%
Top 10 Hldgs %
12.06%
Holding
4,018
New
612
Increased
1,577
Reduced
1,314
Closed
496

Sector Composition

1 Technology 19.67%
2 Healthcare 15.79%
3 Consumer Discretionary 12.38%
4 Financials 11.51%
5 Industrials 8.92%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
SUPN icon
326
Supernus Pharmaceuticals
SUPN
$2.75B
$52.2M 0.07%
1,655,322
+69,600
PHI icon
327
PLDT
PHI
$4.1B
$52M 0.07%
2,391,669
-35,399
ROOT icon
328
Root
ROOT
$1.26B
$52M 0.07%
406,315
-13,200
PBR.A icon
329
Petrobras Class A
PBR.A
$70.2B
$51.8M 0.07%
4,488,000
+615,100
UPS icon
330
United Parcel Service
UPS
$70.2B
$51.5M 0.07%
+510,500
VTEB icon
331
Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond Index Fund
VTEB
$39.6B
$51.5M 0.07%
1,050,800
+775,900
QLYS icon
332
Qualys
QLYS
$4.65B
$51.5M 0.07%
360,400
-21,900
SKYW icon
333
Skywest
SKYW
$3.93B
$51.3M 0.07%
498,024
-41,200
OKTA icon
334
Okta
OKTA
$15.8B
$51M 0.07%
510,618
+282,203
TAK icon
335
Takeda Pharmaceutical
TAK
$43.3B
$51M 0.07%
3,299,200
+141,500
FLRN icon
336
SPDR Bloomberg Investment Grade Floating Rate ETF
FLRN
$2.69B
$50.8M 0.07%
1,646,900
-168,700
BTI icon
337
British American Tobacco
BTI
$112B
$50.7M 0.07%
1,070,499
+899,000
OTIS icon
338
Otis Worldwide
OTIS
$35.1B
$50.6M 0.07%
+511,200
DDOG icon
339
Datadog
DDOG
$55.4B
$50.5M 0.07%
376,252
-784,100
HSII icon
340
Heidrick & Struggles
HSII
$1.21B
$50.4M 0.07%
1,101,740
-49,200
RACE icon
341
Ferrari
RACE
$70.4B
$50.4M 0.07%
102,876
-19,534
CHRW icon
342
C.H. Robinson
CHRW
$14.8B
$50.2M 0.07%
523,308
+180,400
MKL icon
343
Markel Group
MKL
$24.3B
$50M 0.07%
25,011
-2,910
FRSH icon
344
Freshworks
FRSH
$3.24B
$49.8M 0.07%
3,337,200
+491,402
AME icon
345
Ametek
AME
$41.4B
$49.7M 0.07%
274,450
+243,900
HRL icon
346
Hormel Foods
HRL
$13.1B
$49.5M 0.07%
1,636,225
-175,900
PTEN icon
347
Patterson-UTI
PTEN
$2.07B
$49.2M 0.07%
8,298,499
+3,480,500
CBSH icon
348
Commerce Bancshares
CBSH
$7.55B
$48.6M 0.06%
781,286
+152,500
BKD icon
349
Brookdale Senior Living
BKD
$2.04B
$48.6M 0.06%
6,977,520
+730,418
GWW icon
350
W.W. Grainger
GWW
$45.3B
$48.5M 0.06%
46,650
+18,450