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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
26
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$2.56T
| $293M | 0.41% |
345,300
-8,900
| -3% | -$7.55M |
|
27
Amazon
AMZN
$2.4T
| $292M | 0.41% |
+329,255
| New | +$292M |
|
28
Waste Management
WM
$90.9B
| $281M | 0.39% |
3,857,300
+1,879,300
| +95% | +$137M |
|
29
NXP Semiconductors
NXPI
$59.2B
| $275M | 0.38% |
2,661,288
+1,620,200
| +156% | +$168M |
|
30
Chubb
CB
$110B
| $266M | 0.37% |
1,954,961
-902,500
| -32% | -$123M |
|
31
Altria Group
MO
$113B
| $265M | 0.37% |
3,706,200
+1,512,400
| +69% | +$108M |
|
|
TWX
32
DELISTED
Time Warner Inc
TWX
| $262M | 0.37% |
2,678,334
+2,625,600
| +4,979% | +$257M |
|
33
Comcast
CMCSA
$126B
| $259M | 0.36% |
6,893,008
+5,470,645
| +385% | +$206M |
|
34
Duke Energy
DUK
$95.3B
| $258M | 0.36% |
3,141,167
-255,100
| -8% | -$20.9M |
|
35
Enbridge
ENB
$105B
| $256M | 0.36% |
6,122,982
+4,847,413
| +380% | +$203M |
|
36
Eli Lilly
LLY
$657B
| $251M | 0.35% |
2,980,400
+1,441,200
| +94% | +$121M |
|
37
Palo Alto Networks
PANW
$127B
| $243M | 0.34% |
2,152,800
+307,800
| +17% | +$34.7M |
|
38
Edison International
EIX
$21.6B
| $238M | 0.33% |
2,991,000
+653,100
| +28% | +$52M |
|
|
BCR
39
DELISTED
CR Bard Inc.
BCR
| $238M | 0.33% |
956,700
+447,300
| +88% | +$111M |
|
40
Northrop Grumman
NOC
$84.5B
| $235M | 0.33% |
989,200
+759,900
| +331% | +$181M |
|
41
F5
FFIV
$18B
| $235M | 0.33% |
1,645,174
-159,700
| -9% | -$22.8M |
|
42
Biogen
BIIB
$19.4B
| $232M | 0.32% |
848,961
+141,466
| +20% | +$38.7M |
|
43
Kellanova
K
$27.6B
| $229M | 0.32% |
3,157,600
+1,336,400
| +73% | +$97M |
|
44
Philip Morris
PM
$260B
| $218M | 0.3% |
1,926,900
+1,201,300
| +166% | +$136M |
|
45
Intel
INTC
$106B
| $216M | 0.3% |
+6,000,594
| New | +$216M |
|
46
Entergy
ETR
$39.3B
| $214M | 0.3% |
2,819,300
-663,000
| -19% | -$50.4M |
|
47
Thermo Fisher Scientific
TMO
$186B
| $211M | 0.29% |
1,373,044
+559,400
| +69% | +$85.9M |
|
48
Elevance Health
ELV
$71.8B
| $204M | 0.29% |
1,235,600
-451,173
| -27% | -$74.6M |
|
49
NextEra Energy, Inc.
NEE
$148B
| $201M | 0.28% |
1,566,400
+203,800
| +15% | +$26.2M |
|
50
Sysco
SYY
$38.5B
| $200M | 0.28% |
3,854,200
-370,300
| -9% | -$19.2M |
|