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 |
PepsiCo
PEP
|
$225M |
| 2 |
General Dynamics
GD
|
$198M |
| 3 |
Apple
AAPL
|
$194M |
| 4 |
LVLT
Level 3 Communications Inc
LVLT
|
$187M |
| 5 |
SWY
SAFEWAY INC
SWY
|
$183M |
Top Sells
| 1 |
TWTC
TW TELECOM INC CL A COM
TWTC
|
$380M |
| 2 |
McDonald's
MCD
|
$284M |
| 3 |
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
|
$181M |
| 4 |
Exxon Mobil
XOM
|
$152M |
| 5 |
TJX Companies
TJX
|
$148M |
Sector Composition
| 1 | Technology | 13.51% |
| 2 | Consumer Staples | 12.97% |
| 3 | Healthcare | 12.48% |
| 4 | Industrials | 11.26% |
| 5 | Financials | 9.07% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Shares Change % | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
26
Mondelez International
MDLZ
$79.5B
| $204M | 0.49% | 5,621,898 +2,731,000 | +94% | +$99.2M |
|
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27
General Dynamics
GD
$87.3B
| $198M | 0.48% | +1,436,400 | New | +$198M |
|
|
28
Apple
AAPL
$3.45T
| $194M | 0.47% | +1,754,633 | New | +$194M |
|
29
Duke Energy
DUK
$95.3B
| $188M | 0.45% | 2,246,467 +1,768,900 | +370% | +$148M |
|
30
Huntington Ingalls Industries
HII
$10.6B
| $186M | 0.45% | 1,652,100 -85,700 | -5% | -$9.64M |
|
31
Amdocs
DOX
$9.41B
| $182M | 0.44% | 3,911,500 +444,900 | +13% | +$20.8M |
|
32
AstraZeneca
AZN
$248B
| $161M | 0.39% | 2,287,900 +440,800 | +24% | +$31M |
|
|
BCR
33
DELISTED
CR Bard Inc.
BCR
| $150M | 0.36% | 898,900 +356,800 | +66% | +$59.5M |
|
|
B
34
Barrick Mining Corporation
B
$45.4B
| $150M | 0.36% | 13,922,603 +7,513,800 | +117% | +$80.8M |
|
|
DTV
35
DELISTED
DIRECTV COM STK (DE)
DTV
| $148M | 0.36% | 1,712,692 +1,624,100 | +1,833% | +$141M |
|
36
PLDT
PHI
$4.42B
| $148M | 0.36% | 2,336,790 +42,690 | +2% | +$2.7M |
|
37
HP
HPQ
$26.7B
| $143M | 0.35% | 3,569,600 +846,100 | +31% | +$34M |
|
38
Cencora
COR
$56.5B
| $139M | 0.34% | 1,545,700 +1,185,900 | +330% | +$107M |
|
39
Clorox
CLX
$14.5B
| $127M | 0.31% | 1,222,000 +914,800 | +298% | +$95.3M |
|
|
CYBX
40
DELISTED
CYBERONICS INC
CYBX
| $126M | 0.3% | 2,256,094 -15,700 | -0.7% | -$874K |
|
41
Southern Company
SO
$102B
| $122M | 0.29% | 2,486,500 +1,774,700 | +249% | +$87.2M |
|
42
Maximus
MMS
$4.95B
| $119M | 0.29% | 2,168,000 -108,500 | -5% | -$5.95M |
|
|
AGN
43
DELISTED
Allergan plc
AGN
| $117M | 0.28% | 454,162 +326,000 | +254% | +$83.9M |
|
44
Accenture
ACN
$162B
| $117M | 0.28% | 1,306,200 +638,600 | +96% | +$57M |
|
45
Netflix
NFLX
$513B
| $114M | 0.27% | 332,900 +119,885 | +56% | +$41M |
|
46
BCE
BCE
$23.3B
| $113M | 0.27% | 2,462,600 -437,934 | -15% | -$20.1M |
|
|
OCR
47
DELISTED
OMNICARE INC
OCR
| $112M | 0.27% | 1,531,600 +405,800 | +36% | +$29.6M |
|
|
VGR
48
DELISTED
Vector Group Ltd.
VGR
| $111M | 0.27% | 5,214,033 -228,600 | -4% | -$4.87M |
|
49
Manhattan Associates
MANH
$13B
| $111M | 0.27% | 2,723,800 -397,260 | -13% | -$16.2M |
|
50
Schlumberger
SLB
$55B
| $109M | 0.26% | 1,280,432 +618,839 | +94% | +$52.9M |
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