Renaissance Technologies

Renaissance Technologies Portfolio holdings

AUM $75.2B
1-Year Return 41.49%
 

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.

This Quarter Return
+9.13%
1 Year Return
+41.49%
3 Year Return
+105.58%
5 Year Return
+199.51%
10 Year Return
+593.04%
AUM
$100B
AUM Growth
-$15.7B
Cap. Flow
-$22.5B
Cap. Flow %
-22.43%
Top 10 Hldgs %
15.09%
Holding
3,879
New
490
Increased
1,156
Reduced
1,673
Closed
545

Sector Composition

1 Healthcare 22.93%
2 Technology 16.66%
3 Consumer Staples 12.21%
4 Consumer Discretionary 9.52%
5 Communication Services 9.49%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
BR icon
501
Broadridge
BR
$29.4B
$34.8M 0.03%
+263,600
New +$34.8M
HCC icon
502
Warrior Met Coal
HCC
$3.19B
$34.7M 0.03%
2,032,479
+4,000
+0.2% +$68.3K
CCEP icon
503
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
CCEP
$40.4B
$34.7M 0.03%
893,492
-739,404
-45% -$28.7M
SRDX icon
504
Surmodics
SRDX
$463M
$34.6M 0.03%
888,938
+46,338
+5% +$1.8M
WDC icon
505
Western Digital
WDC
$31.9B
$34.6M 0.03%
1,251,734
-431,033
-26% -$11.9M
ONTO icon
506
Onto Innovation
ONTO
$5.1B
$34.6M 0.03%
1,160,652
-365,100
-24% -$10.9M
MCK icon
507
McKesson
MCK
$85.5B
$34.3M 0.03%
230,326
-13,888
-6% -$2.07M
PYPL icon
508
PayPal
PYPL
$65.2B
$34.3M 0.03%
+174,000
New +$34.3M
IDXX icon
509
Idexx Laboratories
IDXX
$51.4B
$34.3M 0.03%
87,204
-115,976
-57% -$45.6M
WAT icon
510
Waters Corp
WAT
$18.2B
$34.2M 0.03%
174,700
+73,100
+72% +$14.3M
MOBL
511
DELISTED
MobileIron, Inc.
MOBL
$34M 0.03%
4,844,134
-113,243
-2% -$794K
CSGP icon
512
CoStar Group
CSGP
$37.9B
$33.9M 0.03%
399,980
-66,000
-14% -$5.6M
NRG icon
513
NRG Energy
NRG
$28.6B
$33.7M 0.03%
1,096,853
-524,000
-32% -$16.1M
ZBRA icon
514
Zebra Technologies
ZBRA
$16B
$33.7M 0.03%
133,531
-11,510
-8% -$2.91M
CKH
515
DELISTED
Seacor Holdings Inc.
CKH
$33.7M 0.03%
1,158,605
-63,100
-5% -$1.83M
DTE icon
516
DTE Energy
DTE
$28.4B
$33.7M 0.03%
343,805
-240,875
-41% -$23.6M
HPE icon
517
Hewlett Packard
HPE
$31B
$33.6M 0.03%
3,587,700
+2,667,700
+290% +$25M
CAJ
518
DELISTED
Canon, Inc.
CAJ
$33.5M 0.03%
2,020,007
-328,970
-14% -$5.46M
COP icon
519
ConocoPhillips
COP
$116B
$33M 0.03%
+1,005,513
New +$33M
CRSP icon
520
CRISPR Therapeutics
CRSP
$4.99B
$33M 0.03%
394,700
+26,042
+7% +$2.18M
UTL icon
521
Unitil
UTL
$827M
$33M 0.03%
853,151
-43,877
-5% -$1.7M
WINA icon
522
Winmark
WINA
$1.7B
$32.9M 0.03%
190,950
-5,700
-3% -$981K
JJSF icon
523
J&J Snack Foods
JJSF
$2.12B
$32.9M 0.03%
252,050
-43,350
-15% -$5.65M
HIG icon
524
Hartford Financial Services
HIG
$37B
$32.8M 0.03%
890,600
+238,300
+37% +$8.78M
HLNE icon
525
Hamilton Lane
HLNE
$6.41B
$32.8M 0.03%
507,931
-255,200
-33% -$16.5M