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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3601
3D Systems Corporation
DDD
$263M
| – | – |
-115,000
| Closed | -$1.53M |
|
3602
Darden Restaurants
DRI
$24.5B
| – | – |
-683,632
| Closed | -$49.7M |
|
3603
Brinker International
EAT
$7.11B
| – | – |
-403,300
| Closed | -$20M |
|
3604
Encore Capital Group
ECPG
$964M
| – | – |
-23,705
| Closed | -$679K |
|
3605
Eagle Bancorp
EGBN
$606M
| – | – |
-13,400
| Closed | -$817K |
|
3606
Eldorado Gold
EGO
$5.12B
| – | – |
-168,280
| Closed | -$2.71M |
|
3607
Electromed
ELMD
$208M
| – | – |
-16,400
| Closed | -$64K |
|
3608
Eastman Chemical
EMN
$7.88B
| – | – |
-164,340
| Closed | -$12.4M |
|
3609
EnerSys
ENS
$3.86B
| – | – |
-48,133
| Closed | -$3.76M |
|
3610
Enerpac Tool Group
EPAC
$2.29B
| – | – |
-58,700
| Closed | -$1.52M |
|
3611
Energy Transfer Partners
ET
$60.6B
| – | – |
-1,395,152
| Closed | -$26.9M |
|
3612
Ethan Allen Interiors
ETD
$769M
| – | – |
-31,600
| Closed | -$1.16M |
|
3613
Eaton
ETN
$136B
| – | – |
-138,511
| Closed | -$9.29M |
|
3614
Ford
F
$46.5B
| – | – |
-12,192,909
| Closed | -$148M |
|
3615
First Bancorp
FBP
$3.58B
| – | – |
-308,713
| Closed | -$2.04M |
|
3616
Franklin Electric
FELE
$4.35B
| – | – |
-38,399
| Closed | -$1.49M |
|
3617
First Financial Bankshares
FFIN
$5.29B
| – | – |
-124,800
| Closed | -$2.82M |
|
3618
First Guaranty Bancshares
FGBI
$130M
| – | – |
-14,242
| Closed | -$256K |
|
3619
Fair Isaac
FICO
$36.5B
| – | – |
-9,922
| Closed | -$1.18M |
|
3620
FMC
FMC
$4.66B
| – | – |
-473,422
| Closed | -$23.2M |
|
3621
Fabrinet
FN
$12.9B
| – | – |
-34,700
| Closed | -$1.4M |
|
3622
Genesis Energy
GEL
$2.04B
| – | – |
-23,530
| Closed | -$848K |
|
3623
Guess, Inc.
GES
$878M
| – | – |
-774,800
| Closed | -$9.38M |
|
3624
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock
GLDD
$794M
| – | – |
-79,263
| Closed | -$333K |
|
3625
General Motors
GM
$55.4B
| – | – |
-805,800
| Closed | -$28.1M |
|