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 |
Bristol-Myers Squibb
BMY
|
$391M |
| 2 |
Pfizer
PFE
|
$268M |
| 3 |
Electronic Arts
EA
|
$247M |
| 4 |
Eli Lilly
LLY
|
$223M |
| 5 |
Colgate-Palmolive
CL
|
$215M |
Top Sells
| 1 |
Booking.com
BKNG
|
$358M |
| 2 |
AET
Aetna Inc
AET
|
$277M |
| 3 |
Xerox
XRX
|
$264M |
| 4 |
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
|
$262M |
| 5 |
Comcast
CMCSA
|
$260M |
Sector Composition
| 1 | Healthcare | 16.14% |
| 2 | Technology | 13.62% |
| 3 | Financials | 11.85% |
| 4 | Consumer Staples | 10.22% |
| 5 | Industrials | 9.31% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Shares Change % | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
26
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$2.57T
| $309M | 0.39% | 331,948 -13,352 | -4% | -$12.4M |
|
27
Merck
MRK
$210B
| $294M | 0.38% | 4,592,134 -2,770,900 | -38% | -$178M |
|
28
Amazon
AMZN
$2.44T
| $290M | 0.37% | 299,555 -29,700 | -9% | -$28.7M |
|
29
Home Depot
HD
$405B
| $288M | 0.37% | 1,879,400 +633,300 | +51% | +$97.1M |
|
30
Palo Alto Networks
PANW
$127B
| $287M | 0.37% | 2,147,300 -5,500 | -0.3% | -$736K |
|
31
Intuitive Surgical
ISRG
$170B
| $287M | 0.37% | 307,100 +112,130 | +58% | +$105M |
|
32
Waste Management
WM
$91.2B
| $277M | 0.35% | 3,775,500 -81,800 | -2% | -$6M |
|
|
33
Electronic Arts
EA
$43B
| $273M | 0.35% | 2,586,064 +2,334,600 | +928% | +$247M |
|
34
Caterpillar
CAT
$196B
| $269M | 0.34% | 2,501,100 +954,200 | +62% | +$103M |
|
|
35
Pfizer
PFE
$141B
| $268M | 0.34% | +7,990,141 | New | +$268M |
|
36
Ryanair
RYAAY
$33.7B
| $258M | 0.33% | 2,398,074 +126,255 | +6% | +$13.6M |
|
37
Costco
COST
$418B
| $255M | 0.33% | 1,594,500 -297,300 | -16% | -$47.5M |
|
38
AvalonBay Communities
AVB
$27.9B
| $245M | 0.31% | 1,277,100 +203,100 | +19% | +$39M |
|
|
RAI
39
DELISTED
Reynolds American Inc
RAI
| $245M | 0.31% | 3,762,835 -1,751,700 | -32% | -$114M |
|
40
NXP Semiconductors
NXPI
$59.2B
| $242M | 0.31% | 2,213,888 -447,400 | -17% | -$49M |
|
41
Align Technology
ALGN
$10.3B
| $238M | 0.3% | 1,587,681 +160,881 | +11% | +$24.2M |
|
42
AbbVie
ABBV
$372B
| $234M | 0.3% | 3,220,356 +1,132,400 | +54% | +$82.1M |
|
43
Starbucks
SBUX
$100B
| $229M | 0.29% | 3,918,784 +3,305,700 | +539% | +$193M |
|
44
Intuit
INTU
$186B
| $224M | 0.29% | 1,690,048 +393,900 | +30% | +$52.3M |
|
45
Duke Energy
DUK
$95.3B
| $224M | 0.29% | 2,683,867 -457,300 | -15% | -$38.2M |
|
46
F5
FFIV
$18B
| $221M | 0.28% | 1,740,209 +95,035 | +6% | +$12.1M |
|
47
Idexx Laboratories
IDXX
$51.8B
| $218M | 0.28% | 1,351,900 +376,300 | +39% | +$60.7M |
|
48
Altria Group
MO
$113B
| $214M | 0.27% | 2,869,000 -837,200 | -23% | -$62.3M |
|
|
RTN
49
DELISTED
Raytheon Company
RTN
| $213M | 0.27% | 1,320,800 +31,600 | +2% | +$5.1M |
|
|
XYZ
50
Block, Inc.
XYZ
$48.5B
| $213M | 0.27% | 9,076,600 +498,100 | +6% | +$11.7M |
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