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
+30.28%
1 Year Return
+41.49%
3 Year Return
+105.58%
5 Year Return
+199.51%
10 Year Return
+593.04%
AUM
$116B
AUM Growth
+$12.9B
Cap. Flow
-$7.32B
Cap. Flow %
-6.32%
Top 10 Hldgs %
14.35%
Holding
3,987
New
586
Increased
1,423
Reduced
1,366
Closed
597

Top Buys

1
ZM icon
Zoom
ZM
$1.14B
2
ABBV icon
AbbVie
ABBV
$537M
3
TMUS icon
T-Mobile US
TMUS
$504M
4
BIDU icon
Baidu
BIDU
$474M
5
KR icon
Kroger
KR
$448M

Sector Composition

1 Healthcare 23.45%
2 Technology 16.11%
3 Consumer Staples 10.59%
4 Consumer Discretionary 9.95%
5 Communication Services 9.52%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
USCR
3876
DELISTED
U S Concrete, Inc.
USCR
-36,600
Closed -$664K
LAC
3877
DELISTED
Lithium Americas Corp. Common Shares
LAC
-340,751
Closed -$906K
USAS
3878
Americas Gold and Silver
USAS
$728M
-173,227
Closed -$660K
USB icon
3879
US Bancorp
USB
$76.5B
-494,012
Closed -$17M
V icon
3880
Visa
V
$681B
-802,400
Closed -$129M
VDE icon
3881
Vanguard Energy ETF
VDE
$7.33B
-33,800
Closed -$1.29M
CHRD icon
3882
Chord Energy
CHRD
$6.15B
-2,168,800
Closed -$759K
CHX
3883
DELISTED
ChampionX
CHX
-1,005,700
Closed -$5.78M
A icon
3884
Agilent Technologies
A
$36.4B
-441,963
Closed -$31.7M
AAP icon
3885
Advance Auto Parts
AAP
$3.6B
-51,800
Closed -$4.83M
AAPL icon
3886
Apple
AAPL
$3.56T
-3,916,132
Closed -$249M
ABM icon
3887
ABM Industries
ABM
$2.99B
-218,000
Closed -$5.31M
ABR icon
3888
Arbor Realty Trust
ABR
$2.28B
-354,740
Closed -$1.74M
ACA icon
3889
Arcosa
ACA
$4.82B
-42,000
Closed -$1.67M
ACB
3890
Aurora Cannabis
ACB
$272M
-22,403
Closed -$2.41M
ACCO icon
3891
Acco Brands
ACCO
$363M
-272,447
Closed -$1.38M
ACEL icon
3892
Accel Entertainment
ACEL
$969M
-14,200
Closed -$107K
ACR
3893
ACRES Commercial Realty
ACR
$158M
-168,595
Closed -$1.4M
ADBE icon
3894
Adobe
ADBE
$146B
-212,333
Closed -$67.6M
ADC icon
3895
Agree Realty
ADC
$7.97B
-18,800
Closed -$1.16M
AEHR icon
3896
Aehr Test Systems
AEHR
$786M
-77,299
Closed -$129K
AER icon
3897
AerCap
AER
$21.9B
-57,800
Closed -$1.32M
AIG icon
3898
American International
AIG
$45.3B
-763,660
Closed -$18.5M
AIR icon
3899
AAR Corp
AIR
$2.77B
-104,660
Closed -$1.86M
ALG icon
3900
Alamo Group
ALG
$2.55B
-6,700
Closed -$595K