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 |
SIAL
SIGMA - ALDRICH CORP
SIAL
|
$236M |
| 2 |
AbbVie
ABBV
|
$159M |
| 3 |
Sysco
SYY
|
$136M |
| 4 |
FedEx
FDX
|
$135M |
| 5 |
Coca-Cola
KO
|
$126M |
Top Sells
| 1 |
Microsoft
MSFT
|
$306M |
| 2 |
Apple
AAPL
|
$215M |
| 3 |
Union Pacific
UNP
|
$193M |
| 4 |
Alibaba
BABA
|
$177M |
| 5 |
Walmart
WMT
|
$174M |
Sector Composition
| 1 | Healthcare | 13.17% |
| 2 | Financials | 11.79% |
| 3 | Technology | 11.03% |
| 4 | Consumer Staples | 10.42% |
| 5 | Industrials | 9.56% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Shares Change % | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
26
Entergy
ETR
$38.9B
| $161M | 0.38% |
2,468,000
+1,019,600
| +70% | +$66.4M |
|
|
27
AbbVie
ABBV
$375B
| $160M | 0.38% |
2,933,756
+2,925,556
| +35,678% | +$159M |
|
28
Huntington Ingalls Industries
HII
$10.5B
| $158M | 0.38% |
1,473,900
-106,000
| -7% | -$11.4M |
|
29
Novartis
NVS
$247B
| $155M | 0.37% |
1,682,398
+495,800
| +42% | +$45.6M |
|
30
PepsiCo
PEP
$204B
| $153M | 0.36% |
1,620,300
+448,700
| +38% | +$42.3M |
|
31
AvalonBay Communities
AVB
$27B
| $150M | 0.36% |
860,414
+410,014
| +91% | +$71.7M |
|
32
Welltower
WELL
$112B
| $149M | 0.36% |
2,206,663
+154,900
| +8% | +$10.5M |
|
33
Visa
V
$676B
| $147M | 0.35% |
2,112,700
+364,300
| +21% | +$25.4M |
|
34
Amdocs
DOX
$9.17B
| $138M | 0.33% |
2,418,400
-282,300
| -10% | -$16.1M |
|
|
JCP
35
DELISTED
J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
JCP
| $136M | 0.33% |
14,668,000
+3,629,700
| +33% | +$33.7M |
|
|
36
Sysco
SYY
$38.3B
| $136M | 0.32% |
+3,490,400
| New | +$136M |
|
|
37
FedEx
FDX
$53B
| $135M | 0.32% |
+936,400
| New | +$135M |
|
|
LSI
38
DELISTED
Life Storage, Inc.
LSI
| $134M | 0.32% |
1,421,500
+74,300
| +6% | +$7.01M |
|
39
Manhattan Associates
MANH
$12.7B
| $132M | 0.32% |
2,125,500
-267,400
| -11% | -$16.7M |
|
|
40
Coca-Cola
KO
$294B
| $132M | 0.32% |
3,296,099
+3,130,599
| +1,892% | +$126M |
|
|
VGR
41
DELISTED
Vector Group Ltd.
VGR
| $131M | 0.31% |
5,785,031
+228,198
| +4% | +$5.16M |
|
|
CYBX
42
DELISTED
CYBERONICS INC
CYBX
| $129M | 0.31% |
2,121,394
-81,700
| -4% | -$4.97M |
|
|
BT
43
DELISTED
BT Group plc (ADR)
BT
| $120M | 0.29% |
1,874,989
+125,289
| +7% | +$7.99M |
|
44
National Grid
NGG
$67.8B
| $118M | 0.28% |
1,696,600
+203,700
| +14% | +$14.2M |
|
45
BRF SA
BRFS
$5.8B
| $118M | 0.28% |
6,631,985
+2,149,525
| +48% | +$38.2M |
|
46
Sherwin-Williams
SHW
$89.9B
| $116M | 0.28% |
520,500
+427,300
| +458% | +$95.2M |
|
|
BBBY
47
DELISTED
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc
BBBY
| $116M | 0.28% |
2,026,360
+1,303,100
| +180% | +$74.3M |
|
|
B
48
Barrick Mining Corporation
B
$46.2B
| $115M | 0.27% |
18,092,902
+4,062,800
| +29% | +$25.8M |
|
49
United Therapeutics
UTHR
$18.4B
| $114M | 0.27% |
866,778
+55,200
| +7% | +$7.24M |
|
50
Usana Health Sciences
USNA
$581M
| $112M | 0.27% |
836,883
+72,100
| +9% | +$9.66M |
|