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
+30.28%
1 Year Return
+41.49%
3 Year Return
+105.58%
5 Year Return
+199.51%
10 Year Return
+593.04%
AUM
$116B
AUM Growth
+$12.9B
Cap. Flow
-$7.32B
Cap. Flow %
-6.32%
Top 10 Hldgs %
14.35%
Holding
3,987
New
586
Increased
1,423
Reduced
1,366
Closed
597

Top Buys

1
ZM icon
Zoom
ZM
+$1.14B
2
ABBV icon
AbbVie
ABBV
+$537M
3
TMUS icon
T-Mobile US
TMUS
+$504M
4
BIDU icon
Baidu
BIDU
+$474M
5
KR icon
Kroger
KR
+$448M

Sector Composition

1 Healthcare 23.45%
2 Technology 16.11%
3 Consumer Staples 10.59%
4 Consumer Discretionary 9.95%
5 Communication Services 9.52%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
OMAB icon
676
Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte
OMAB
$5.21B
$26.2M 0.02%
705,200
-193,500
-22% -$7.19M
AFL icon
677
Aflac
AFL
$57B
$26.2M 0.02%
+726,300
New +$26.2M
EQX icon
678
Equinox Gold
EQX
$7.73B
$26.1M 0.02%
2,325,000
+2,256,700
+3,304% +$25.3M
MYE icon
679
Myers Industries
MYE
$609M
$26M 0.02%
1,789,397
-30,700
-2% -$447K
NX icon
680
Quanex
NX
$714M
$26M 0.02%
1,874,507
+34,509
+2% +$479K
SUZ icon
681
Suzano
SUZ
$11.9B
$26M 0.02%
3,843,738
-26,391
-0.7% -$178K
OR icon
682
OR Royalties Inc.
OR
$6.53B
$26M 0.02%
2,598,300
-223,975
-8% -$2.24M
RST
683
DELISTED
ROSETTA STONE INC
RST
$26M 0.02%
1,540,823
-23,700
-2% -$400K
TXG icon
684
10x Genomics
TXG
$1.67B
$25.9M 0.02%
289,636
+279,100
+2,649% +$24.9M
CWH icon
685
Camping World
CWH
$1.11B
$25.8M 0.02%
+949,400
New +$25.8M
CMA icon
686
Comerica
CMA
$8.82B
$25.8M 0.02%
676,447
-25,219
-4% -$961K
IAA
687
DELISTED
IAA, Inc. Common Stock
IAA
$25.6M 0.02%
665,000
+571,000
+607% +$22M
NUE icon
688
Nucor
NUE
$32.6B
$25.6M 0.02%
619,180
+127,828
+26% +$5.29M
TWNK
689
DELISTED
Hostess Brands, Inc. Class A Common Stock
TWNK
$25.6M 0.02%
2,097,410
+1,150,500
+122% +$14.1M
CNA icon
690
CNA Financial
CNA
$12.9B
$25.5M 0.02%
794,400
-318,200
-29% -$10.2M
TTM
691
DELISTED
Tata Motors Limited
TTM
$25.5M 0.02%
3,884,908
-3,493,900
-47% -$23M
NBL
692
DELISTED
Noble Energy, Inc.
NBL
$25.4M 0.02%
2,839,528
-822,000
-22% -$7.37M
XLF icon
693
Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund
XLF
$54.1B
$25.4M 0.02%
+1,098,700
New +$25.4M
RHI icon
694
Robert Half
RHI
$3.66B
$25.3M 0.02%
479,098
-17,700
-4% -$935K
GMS
695
DELISTED
GMS Inc
GMS
$25.3M 0.02%
1,028,602
-378,900
-27% -$9.32M
NPTN
696
DELISTED
NEOPHOTONICS CORP
NPTN
$25.3M 0.02%
2,845,784
+836,727
+42% +$7.43M
TT icon
697
Trane Technologies
TT
$90.6B
$25.3M 0.02%
283,833
+48,336
+21% +$4.3M
HIG icon
698
Hartford Financial Services
HIG
$36.8B
$25.1M 0.02%
652,300
+615,500
+1,673% +$23.7M
TIMB icon
699
TIM SA
TIMB
$10.1B
$25.1M 0.02%
1,940,334
-171,862
-8% -$2.22M
CXW icon
700
CoreCivic
CXW
$2.15B
$25M 0.02%
2,668,273
-1,730,200
-39% -$16.2M