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 |
Chevron
CVX
|
$331M |
| 2 |
Walmart
WMT
|
$251M |
| 3 |
Linde
LIN
|
$187M |
| 4 |
PayPal
PYPL
|
$145M |
| 5 |
Union Pacific
UNP
|
$126M |
Top Sells
| 1 |
NVIDIA
NVDA
|
$903M |
| 2 |
Uber
UBER
|
$565M |
| 3 |
Exxon Mobil
XOM
|
$450M |
| 4 |
Novo Nordisk
NVO
|
$393M |
| 5 |
Apple
AAPL
|
$317M |
Sector Composition
| 1 | Technology | 18.82% |
| 2 | Healthcare | 17.05% |
| 3 | Consumer Discretionary | 13.22% |
| 4 | Financials | 8.79% |
| 5 | Consumer Staples | 7.83% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Shares Change % | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
26
Novartis
NVS
$247B
| $284M | 0.45% |
2,940,582
+102,500
| +4% | +$9.91M |
|
27
Allison Transmission
ALSN
$7.42B
| $283M | 0.44% |
3,482,819
+203,000
| +6% | +$16.5M |
|
28
Zoom
ZM
$24.9B
| $268M | 0.42% |
4,093,848
-804,300
| -16% | -$52.6M |
|
|
29
Walmart
WMT
$782B
| $262M | 0.41% |
4,347,400
+4,169,300
| +2,341% | +$251M |
|
30
e.l.f. Beauty
ELF
$7.31B
| $261M | 0.41% |
1,333,800
-224,100
| -14% | -$43.9M |
|
31
New Oriental
EDU
$8.04B
| $261M | 0.41% |
3,010,954
-157,900
| -5% | -$13.7M |
|
32
Zscaler
ZS
$41.1B
| $248M | 0.39% |
1,289,782
+558,800
| +76% | +$108M |
|
33
Sprouts Farmers Market
SFM
$13.5B
| $248M | 0.39% |
3,844,544
-40,700
| -1% | -$2.62M |
|
34
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$428B
| $247M | 0.39% |
1,558,322
-150,809
| -9% | -$23.9M |
|
35
Etsy
ETSY
$5.16B
| $239M | 0.38% |
3,481,170
+1,721,100
| +98% | +$118M |
|
36
Dropbox
DBX
$7.74B
| $238M | 0.37% |
9,808,033
-343,400
| -3% | -$8.34M |
|
37
Datadog
DDOG
$46.5B
| $235M | 0.37% |
1,897,452
-193,500
| -9% | -$23.9M |
|
38
National Grid
NGG
$67.8B
| $222M | 0.35% |
3,260,785
-64,169
| -2% | -$4.38M |
|
39
Li Auto
LI
$23.8B
| $222M | 0.35% |
7,341,200
-1,518,800
| -17% | -$46M |
|
40
Hologic
HOLX
$14.8B
| $220M | 0.35% |
2,824,484
-1,191,418
| -30% | -$92.9M |
|
41
Nutanix
NTNX
$18B
| $215M | 0.34% |
3,482,600
+799,800
| +30% | +$49.4M |
|
42
Murphy USA
MUSA
$7.23B
| $213M | 0.33% |
507,300
-35,200
| -6% | -$14.8M |
|
43
monday.com
MNDY
$9.69B
| $211M | 0.33% |
933,890
-73,800
| -7% | -$16.7M |
|
44
AbbVie
ABBV
$376B
| $206M | 0.32% |
1,128,994
-867,717
| -43% | -$158M |
|
45
Procter & Gamble
PG
$368B
| $199M | 0.31% |
1,226,590
-439,439
| -26% | -$71.3M |
|
46
Campbell Soup
CPB
$9.83B
| $193M | 0.3% |
4,332,695
-787,145
| -15% | -$35M |
|
47
Vertiv
VRT
$47B
| $192M | 0.3% |
2,354,412
-32,300
| -1% | -$2.64M |
|
48
Biogen
BIIB
$21.1B
| $191M | 0.3% |
884,704
+126,098
| +17% | +$27.2M |
|
49
DocuSign
DOCU
$15B
| $188M | 0.3% |
3,152,900
+606,600
| +24% | +$36.1M |
|
|
50
Linde
LIN
$222B
| $187M | 0.29% |
+402,918
| New | +$187M |
|