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 |
Amazon
AMZN
|
$842M |
| 2 |
NVIDIA
NVDA
|
$559M |
| 3 |
Microsoft
MSFT
|
$420M |
| 4 |
Apple
AAPL
|
$389M |
| 5 |
Moderna
MRNA
|
$365M |
Top Sells
| 1 |
Baidu
BIDU
|
$628M |
| 2 |
Tesla
TSLA
|
$424M |
| 3 |
Palo Alto Networks
PANW
|
$417M |
| 4 |
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
|
$415M |
| 5 |
AT&T
T
|
$389M |
Sector Composition
| 1 | Healthcare | 19.94% |
| 2 | Technology | 19.65% |
| 3 | Consumer Staples | 10.63% |
| 4 | Consumer Discretionary | 10.51% |
| 5 | Communication Services | 8.27% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Shares Change % | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
26
Jazz Pharmaceuticals
JAZZ
$7.99B
| $412M | 0.51% |
2,317,240
-345,410
| -13% | -$61.4M |
|
27
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ICLR
$14B
| $411M | 0.51% |
1,988,818
-80,900
| -4% | -$16.7M |
|
|
HZNP
28
DELISTED
Horizon Therapeutics Public Limited Company Ordinary Shares
HZNP
| $397M | 0.5% |
4,237,663
-972,300
| -19% | -$91M |
|
29
Incyte
INCY
$17B
| $380M | 0.47% |
4,515,133
-383,600
| -8% | -$32.3M |
|
30
Fortinet
FTNT
$58.7B
| $378M | 0.47% |
1,586,284
-838,400
| -35% | -$200M |
|
31
Aon
AON
$80.6B
| $369M | 0.46% |
1,545,101
+443,823
| +40% | +$106M |
|
32
Roku
ROKU
$14.5B
| $365M | 0.46% |
795,816
-659,884
| -45% | -$303M |
|
33
Etsy
ETSY
$5.15B
| $363M | 0.45% |
1,763,181
-545,027
| -24% | -$112M |
|
34
GSK
GSK
$79.3B
| $361M | 0.45% |
9,061,321
+298,300
| +3% | +$11.9M |
|
35
F5
FFIV
$17.8B
| $355M | 0.44% |
1,899,736
-497,400
| -21% | -$92.8M |
|
36
Advanced Micro Devices
AMD
$263B
| $354M | 0.44% |
3,771,226
+422,700
| +13% | +$39.7M |
|
37
CrowdStrike
CRWD
$104B
| $352M | 0.44% |
1,400,245
+76,500
| +6% | +$19.2M |
|
38
Qualcomm
QCOM
$170B
| $351M | 0.44% |
2,452,960
+160,800
| +7% | +$23M |
|
|
39
Palo Alto Networks
PANW
$128B
| $349M | 0.44% |
939,230
-1,123,900
| -54% | -$417M |
|
40
Gilead Sciences
GILD
$140B
| $348M | 0.43% |
5,047,355
-1,513,648
| -23% | -$104M |
|
41
National Grid
NGG
$68B
| $330M | 0.41% |
5,167,077
-190,377
| -4% | -$12.2M |
|
42
Exelixis
EXEL
$9.95B
| $329M | 0.41% |
18,082,501
-550,300
| -3% | -$10M |
|
43
Cable One
CABO
$883M
| $316M | 0.39% |
165,000
-32,200
| -16% | -$61.6M |
|
44
Walt Disney
DIS
$211B
| $311M | 0.39% |
1,768,027
+440,958
| +33% | +$77.5M |
|
45
Walmart
WMT
$793B
| $307M | 0.38% |
2,179,600
+1,823,400
| +512% | +$257M |
|
46
Cboe Global Markets
CBOE
$24.6B
| $296M | 0.37% |
2,488,924
-88,900
| -3% | -$10.6M |
|
47
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$429B
| $288M | 0.36% |
1,748,400
+1,741,500
| +25,239% | +$287M |
|
48
NIO
NIO
$14.2B
| $282M | 0.35% |
+5,293,900
| New | +$282M |
|
49
CSX Corp
CSX
$60.2B
| $275M | 0.34% |
8,561,400
+8,210,800
| +2,342% | +$241M |
|
|
WORK
50
DELISTED
Slack Technologies, Inc.
WORK
| $263M | 0.33% |
5,942,800
+922,400
| +18% | +$40.9M |
|