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 |
Amazon
AMZN
|
$738M |
| 2 |
Booking.com
BKNG
|
$327M |
| 3 |
PepsiCo
PEP
|
$282M |
| 4 |
Netflix
NFLX
|
$263M |
| 5 |
Comcast
CMCSA
|
$251M |
Top Sells
| 1 |
Exxon Mobil
XOM
|
$726M |
| 2 |
Walmart
WMT
|
$352M |
| 3 |
Becton Dickinson
BDX
|
$331M |
| 4 |
GE Aerospace
GE
|
$315M |
| 5 |
NetEase
NTES
|
$307M |
Sector Composition
| 1 | Healthcare | 16.7% |
| 2 | Technology | 14.08% |
| 3 | Consumer Discretionary | 11.09% |
| 4 | Financials | 10.92% |
| 5 | Industrials | 8.51% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Shares Change % | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3776
EnerSys
ENS
$3.79B
| – | – |
-98,685
| Closed | -$6.87M |
|
3777
Enerpac Tool Group
EPAC
$2.26B
| – | – |
-508,900
| Closed | -$12.9M |
|
3778
WisdomTree India Earnings Fund ETF
EPI
$2.9B
| – | – |
-114,100
| Closed | -$3.18M |
|
3779
iShares MSCI Poland ETF
EPOL
$441M
| – | – |
-18,800
| Closed | -$509K |
|
3780
EPR Properties
EPR
$4.06B
| – | – |
-192,778
| Closed | -$12.6M |
|
3781
iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF
EUFN
$4.32B
| – | – |
-21,400
| Closed | -$499K |
|
3782
iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF
EWH
$710M
| – | – |
-24,300
| Closed | -$618K |
|