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 |
PepsiCo
PEP
|
$225M |
| 2 |
General Dynamics
GD
|
$198M |
| 3 |
Apple
AAPL
|
$194M |
| 4 |
LVLT
Level 3 Communications Inc
LVLT
|
$187M |
| 5 |
SWY
SAFEWAY INC
SWY
|
$183M |
Top Sells
| 1 |
TWTC
TW TELECOM INC CL A COM
TWTC
|
$380M |
| 2 |
McDonald's
MCD
|
$284M |
| 3 |
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
|
$181M |
| 4 |
Exxon Mobil
XOM
|
$152M |
| 5 |
TJX Companies
TJX
|
$148M |
Sector Composition
| 1 | Technology | 13.51% |
| 2 | Consumer Staples | 12.97% |
| 3 | Healthcare | 12.48% |
| 4 | Industrials | 11.26% |
| 5 | Financials | 9.07% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Shares Change % | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
51
IBM
IBM
$227B
| $108M | 0.26% | 673,200 +628,400 | +1,403% | +$101M |
|
52
Johnson Controls International
JCI
$69.9B
| $108M | 0.26% | 2,229,000 +720,200 | +48% | +$34.8M |
|
53
National Grid
NGG
$70B
| $107M | 0.26% | 1,510,500 +104,135 | +7% | +$7.36M |
|
54
Telus
TU
$25.1B
| $106M | 0.26% | 2,946,200 +46,700 | +2% | +$1.68M |
|
55
Starbucks
SBUX
$100B
| $105M | 0.25% | 1,274,846 +586,154 | +85% | +$48.1M |
|
56
PPL Corp
PPL
$27B
| $104M | 0.25% | 2,875,500 +1,987,900 | +224% | +$72.2M |
|
|
BT
57
DELISTED
BT Group plc (ADR)
BT
| $104M | 0.25% | 1,677,400 -53,000 | -3% | -$3.29M |
|
|
LSI
58
DELISTED
Life Storage, Inc.
LSI
| $102M | 0.25% | 1,174,700 +116,200 | +11% | +$10.1M |
|
|
MIC
59
DELISTED
Macquarie Infrastructure Holdings, LLC
MIC
| $102M | 0.25% | 1,439,300 +303,500 | +27% | +$21.6M |
|
60
Sempra
SRE
$53.9B
| $102M | 0.25% | 912,400 +645,500 | +242% | +$71.9M |
|
61
AutoZone
AZO
$70.2B
| $98.7M | 0.24% | 159,400 +22,500 | +16% | +$13.9M |
|
62
Visa
V
$683B
| $98.3M | 0.24% | 374,800 +181,000 | +93% | +$47.5M |
|
63
Applied Materials
AMAT
$128B
| $97.6M | 0.24% | 3,917,348 -1,077,850 | -22% | -$26.9M |
|
64
Cinemark Holdings
CNK
$2.97B
| $97.1M | 0.23% | 2,730,000 +128,000 | +5% | +$4.55M |
|
65
Pilgrim's Pride
PPC
$10.6B
| $96.3M | 0.23% | 2,936,713 +1,228,713 | +72% | +$40.3M |
|
66
EchoStar
SATS
$17.8B
| $94.1M | 0.23% | 1,792,180 +90,100 | +5% | +$4.73M |
|
|
COL
67
DELISTED
Rockwell Collins
COL
| $93.2M | 0.22% | +1,102,700 | New | +$93.2M |
|
|
FDO
68
DELISTED
FAMILY DOLLAR STORES
FDO
| $92.7M | 0.22% | 1,170,500 +337,400 | +40% | +$26.7M |
|
69
Dominion Energy
D
$51.1B
| $92.6M | 0.22% | 1,203,700 -179,700 | -13% | -$13.8M |
|
|
TYC
70
DELISTED
TYCO INTL PLC COM SHS (IRL)
TYC
| $92M | 0.22% | 2,096,875 +1,200,400 | +134% | +$52.6M |
|
|
PDLI
71
DELISTED
PDL BioPharma, Inc.
PDLI
| $90.8M | 0.22% | 11,771,000 -1,974,892 | -14% | -$15.2M |
|
72
Gilead Sciences
GILD
$140B
| $88.7M | 0.21% | +941,400 | New | +$88.7M |
|
|
NTT
73
DELISTED
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone
NTT
| $87M | 0.21% | 3,398,700 +600,900 | +21% | +$15.4M |
|
|
POM
74
DELISTED
PEPCO HOLDINGS, INC.
POM
| $86.7M | 0.21% | 3,221,200 +2,571,300 | +396% | +$69.2M |
|
|
SIAL
75
DELISTED
SIGMA - ALDRICH CORP
SIAL
| $86.7M | 0.21% | 631,332 +211,232 | +50% | +$29M |
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