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
+2.82%
1 Year Return
+41.49%
3 Year Return
+105.58%
5 Year Return
+199.51%
10 Year Return
+593.04%
AUM
$91.4B
AUM Growth
+$733M
Cap. Flow
+$612M
Cap. Flow %
0.67%
Top 10 Hldgs %
9%
Holding
3,782
New
474
Increased
1,650
Reduced
1,191
Closed
438

Top Buys

1
AMZN icon
Amazon
AMZN
+$738M
2
BKNG icon
Booking.com
BKNG
+$327M
3
PEP icon
PepsiCo
PEP
+$282M
4
NFLX icon
Netflix
NFLX
+$263M
5
CMCSA icon
Comcast
CMCSA
+$251M

Sector Composition

1 Healthcare 16.7%
2 Technology 14.08%
3 Consumer Discretionary 11.09%
4 Financials 10.92%
5 Industrials 8.51%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
DOV icon
626
Dover
DOV
$24.2B
$33.5M 0.04%
+422,158
New +$33.5M
HST icon
627
Host Hotels & Resorts
HST
$12.1B
$33.4M 0.04%
1,793,465
-221,800
-11% -$4.13M
ALSN icon
628
Allison Transmission
ALSN
$7.44B
$33.4M 0.04%
854,200
-241,400
-22% -$9.43M
NI icon
629
NiSource
NI
$19.1B
$33.3M 0.04%
1,391,600
+384,500
+38% +$9.19M
TRCO
630
DELISTED
TRIBUNE MEDIA COMPANY CLASS A
TRCO
$33.3M 0.04%
820,800
+403,800
+97% +$16.4M
UTL icon
631
Unitil
UTL
$810M
$33.2M 0.04%
716,425
+70,025
+11% +$3.25M
FDS icon
632
Factset
FDS
$13.7B
$33.2M 0.04%
166,500
+11,650
+8% +$2.32M
TWI icon
633
Titan International
TWI
$545M
$33.2M 0.04%
2,630,300
+128,900
+5% +$1.63M
IPHS
634
DELISTED
Innophos Holdings, Inc.
IPHS
$33.1M 0.04%
823,500
+73,400
+10% +$2.95M
VALE icon
635
Vale
VALE
$44.7B
$33.1M 0.04%
2,599,059
-7,158,900
-73% -$91.1M
HSBC icon
636
HSBC
HSBC
$237B
$33.1M 0.04%
743,490
+282,302
+61% +$12.6M
ZBH icon
637
Zimmer Biomet
ZBH
$20.5B
$33M 0.04%
+312,090
New +$33M
UHT
638
Universal Health Realty Income Trust
UHT
$567M
$33M 0.04%
549,100
+35,100
+7% +$2.11M
ATNI icon
639
ATN International
ATNI
$238M
$33M 0.04%
553,000
+16,300
+3% +$972K
RHP icon
640
Ryman Hospitality Properties
RHP
$6.33B
$33M 0.04%
425,641
+253,441
+147% +$19.6M
UN
641
DELISTED
Unilever NV New York Registry Shares
UN
$32.9M 0.04%
+584,010
New +$32.9M
HA
642
DELISTED
Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.
HA
$32.9M 0.04%
850,700
-492,000
-37% -$19M
DEA
643
Easterly Government Properties
DEA
$1.05B
$32.7M 0.04%
641,520
-144,752
-18% -$7.38M
SJR
644
DELISTED
Shaw Communications Inc.
SJR
$32.7M 0.04%
1,695,200
+303,300
+22% +$5.84M
NWN icon
645
Northwest Natural Holdings
NWN
$1.69B
$32.6M 0.04%
566,300
+115,600
+26% +$6.66M
HIG icon
646
Hartford Financial Services
HIG
$36.8B
$32.6M 0.04%
632,900
+286,800
+83% +$14.8M
KYO
647
DELISTED
Kyocera Adr
KYO
$32.6M 0.04%
573,899
+16,335
+3% +$927K
NFBK icon
648
Northfield Bancorp
NFBK
$489M
$32.6M 0.04%
2,085,518
+99,450
+5% +$1.55M
IQV icon
649
IQVIA
IQV
$31.9B
$32.5M 0.04%
331,647
-191,400
-37% -$18.8M
RGS icon
650
Regis Corp
RGS
$67.7M
$32.5M 0.04%
107,400
+1,330
+1% +$402K