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 |
Merck
MRK
|
$468M |
| 2 |
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
|
$458M |
| 3 |
Booking.com
BKNG
|
$358M |
| 4 |
IBM
IBM
|
$352M |
| 5 |
RAI
Reynolds American Inc
RAI
|
$347M |
Top Sells
| 1 |
LLTC
Linear Technology Corp
LLTC
|
$482M |
| 2 |
Walt Disney
DIS
|
$255M |
| 3 |
Visa
V
|
$226M |
| 4 |
Deere & Co
DE
|
$201M |
| 5 |
Johnson Controls International
JCI
|
$179M |
Sector Composition
| 1 | Healthcare | 15.02% |
| 2 | Technology | 13.41% |
| 3 | Financials | 12.25% |
| 4 | Consumer Staples | 9.57% |
| 5 | Industrials | 9.49% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Shares Change % | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3576
Black Stone Minerals
BSM
$2.57B
| – | – |
-97,829
| Closed | -$1.84M |
|
3577
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura
BVN
$5.03B
| – | – |
-718,920
| Closed | -$8.11M |
|
|
BZUN
3578
Baozun
BZUN
$223M
| – | – |
-79,000
| Closed | -$954K |
|
3579
Avis
CAR
$5.51B
| – | – |
-251,980
| Closed | -$9.24M |
|
3580
Cato Corp
CATO
$88.8M
| – | – |
-93,200
| Closed | -$2.8M |
|
3581
Cracker Barrel
CBRL
$1.16B
| – | – |
-77,613
| Closed | -$13M |
|
3582
Cabot Corp
CBT
$4.31B
| – | – |
-123,500
| Closed | -$6.24M |
|
3583
Cameco
CCJ
$33.2B
| – | – |
-388,500
| Closed | -$4.07M |
|
3584
Cross Country Healthcare
CCRN
$446M
| – | – |
-158,018
| Closed | -$2.47M |
|
3585
Compañía de Cervecerías Unidas
CCU
$2.27B
| – | – |
-71,300
| Closed | -$1.5M |
|
3586
Churchill Downs
CHDN
$7.15B
| – | – |
-131,850
| Closed | -$3.31M |
|
3587
Commercial Metals
CMC
$6.51B
| – | – |
-686,400
| Closed | -$15M |
|
3588
Comtech Telecommunications
CMTL
$61.4M
| – | – |
-249,500
| Closed | -$2.96M |
|
3589
Canadian National Railway
CNI
$60.4B
| – | – |
-106,200
| Closed | -$7.16M |
|
3590
Cencora
COR
$56.7B
| – | – |
-663,200
| Closed | -$51.9M |
|
3591
Cisco
CSCO
$269B
| – | – |
-387,200
| Closed | -$11.7M |
|
3592
Constellium
CSTM
$1.95B
| – | – |
-429,400
| Closed | -$2.53M |
|
3593
CubeSmart
CUBE
$9.34B
| – | – |
-304,800
| Closed | -$8.16M |
|
3594
Carnival PLC
CUK
$38.1B
| – | – |
-88,100
| Closed | -$4.51M |
|
3595
Chevron
CVX
$318B
| – | – |
-1,191,484
| Closed | -$140M |
|
3596
California Water Service
CWT
$2.78B
| – | – |
-12,200
| Closed | -$414K |
|
3597
Community Health Systems
CYH
$398M
| – | – |
-1,576,052
| Closed | -$8.81M |
|
3598
Dare Bioscience
DARE
$28.7M
| – | – |
-443
| Closed | -$38K |
|
3599
Designer Brands
DBI
$215M
| – | – |
-13,630
| Closed | -$309K |
|
3600
DigitalBridge
DBRG
$2.05B
| – | – |
-213,175
| Closed | -$12.7M |
|