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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
626
White Mountains Insurance
WTM
$4.53B
| $27M | 0.04% |
30,700
+13,100
| +74% | +$11.5M |
|
627
Prestige Consumer Healthcare
PBH
$3.2B
| $27M | 0.04% |
486,000
+94,500
| +24% | +$5.25M |
|
628
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile
SQM
$12B
| $27M | 0.04% |
785,500
+29,600
| +4% | +$1.02M |
|
629
Spire
SR
$4.5B
| $27M | 0.04% |
399,700
+94,100
| +31% | +$6.35M |
|
|
MSCC
630
DELISTED
Microsemi Corp
MSCC
| $26.9M | 0.04% |
522,301
+245,300
| +89% | +$12.6M |
|
631
Helios Technologies
HLIO
$1.82B
| $26.9M | 0.04% |
744,875
+108,275
| +17% | +$3.91M |
|
632
Galapagos
GLPG
$2.13B
| $26.8M | 0.04% |
311,200
+105,700
| +51% | +$9.11M |
|
633
Advanced Energy
AEIS
$5.93B
| $26.8M | 0.04% |
391,200
+11,800
| +3% | +$809K |
|
634
Adtran
ADTN
$828M
| $26.8M | 0.04% |
1,291,528
+117,900
| +10% | +$2.45M |
|
635
Pinnacle West Capital
PNW
$10.5B
| $26.7M | 0.04% |
320,700
+52,700
| +20% | +$4.39M |
|
|
PHH
636
DELISTED
PHH Corporation
PHH
| $26.7M | 0.04% |
2,095,800
+364,300
| +21% | +$4.64M |
|
637
Baidu
BIDU
$37B
| $26.6M | 0.04% |
+154,451
| New | +$26.6M |
|
638
AMC Entertainment Holdings
AMC
$1.42B
| $26.6M | 0.04% |
84,529
-39,230
| -32% | -$12.3M |
|
639
Central Pacific Financial
CPF
$834M
| $26.5M | 0.04% |
866,153
-81,300
| -9% | -$2.48M |
|
640
Labcorp
LH
$22.7B
| $26.4M | 0.04% |
214,531
+135,612
| +172% | +$16.7M |
|
641
Tower Semiconductor
TSEM
$7.57B
| $26.4M | 0.04% |
1,145,186
+247,500
| +28% | +$5.7M |
|
642
Essex Property Trust
ESS
$17B
| $26.4M | 0.04% |
114,000
+107,000
| +1,529% | +$24.8M |
|
643
Philips
PHG
$26.9B
| $26.4M | 0.04% |
1,069,523
+60,517
| +6% | +$1.49M |
|
644
Natural Health Trends
NHTC
$54.3M
| $26.3M | 0.04% |
909,700
+22,300
| +3% | +$644K |
|
645
Premier
PINC
$2.21B
| $26.2M | 0.04% |
824,600
-379,200
| -32% | -$12.1M |
|
|
CUDA
646
DELISTED
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
CUDA
| $26.2M | 0.04% |
1,135,695
+443,495
| +64% | +$10.2M |
|
|
PGTI
647
DELISTED
PGT, Inc.
PGTI
| $26.2M | 0.04% |
2,435,229
-167,200
| -6% | -$1.8M |
|
648
Waters Corp
WAT
$17.4B
| $26.2M | 0.04% |
167,400
-27,900
| -14% | -$4.36M |
|
649
UBS Group
UBS
$127B
| $26.1M | 0.04% |
1,636,600
+540,799
| +49% | +$8.63M |
|
650
Arista Networks
ANET
$189B
| $26.1M | 0.04% |
3,153,600
-4,651,200
| -60% | -$38.5M |
|