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 |
TFCFA
Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. Class A
TFCFA
|
$331M |
| 2 |
Chevron
CVX
|
$266M |
| 3 |
Chipotle Mexican Grill
CMG
|
$259M |
| 4 |
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
|
$232M |
| 5 |
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
|
$223M |
Top Sells
| 1 |
Apple
AAPL
|
$707M |
| 2 |
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
|
$411M |
| 3 |
Amazon
AMZN
|
$312M |
| 4 |
Walmart
WMT
|
$285M |
| 5 |
Intuitive Surgical
ISRG
|
$282M |
Sector Composition
| 1 | Healthcare | 17.74% |
| 2 | Technology | 14.99% |
| 3 | Financials | 10.9% |
| 4 | Consumer Discretionary | 8.96% |
| 5 | Real Estate | 8.48% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Shares Change % | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
51
Equity Lifestyle Properties
ELS
$11.7B
| $306M | 0.31% |
6,338,202
+210,402
| +3% | +$10.1M |
|
52
GoDaddy
GDDY
$20.1B
| $304M | 0.31% |
3,642,200
-512,100
| -12% | -$42.7M |
|
53
Biogen
BIIB
$20.3B
| $299M | 0.31% |
846,075
+524,575
| +163% | +$185M |
|
54
Ameren
AEE
$27.2B
| $293M | 0.3% |
4,642,100
+541,253
| +13% | +$34.2M |
|
55
Icon
ICLR
$13.5B
| $290M | 0.3% |
1,885,600
-47,760
| -2% | -$7.34M |
|
56
AvalonBay Communities
AVB
$27.3B
| $281M | 0.29% |
1,549,800
+25,286
| +2% | +$4.58M |
|
57
Netflix
NFLX
$532B
| $271M | 0.28% |
724,246
-276,654
| -28% | -$104M |
|
|
AIV
58
Aimco
AIV
$1.1B
| $270M | 0.28% |
45,953,540
+3,296,989
| +8% | +$19.4M |
|
59
Home Depot
HD
$410B
| $265M | 0.27% |
1,281,506
+946,206
| +282% | +$196M |
|
60
Ryanair
RYAAY
$32.1B
| $265M | 0.27% |
6,886,798
-29,222
| -0.4% | -$1.12M |
|
61
Markel Group
MKL
$24.8B
| $264M | 0.27% |
222,021
+22,980
| +12% | +$27.3M |
|
62
Toronto Dominion Bank
TD
$128B
| $263M | 0.27% |
4,331,758
+1,415,378
| +49% | +$86M |
|
63
Entergy
ETR
$39.3B
| $261M | 0.27% |
6,445,200
+891,000
| +16% | +$36.1M |
|
64
WEC Energy
WEC
$34.5B
| $259M | 0.27% |
3,873,402
+753,600
| +24% | +$50.3M |
|
65
Haemonetics
HAE
$2.58B
| $259M | 0.27% |
2,256,500
+286,800
| +15% | +$32.9M |
|
66
Novartis
NVS
$249B
| $256M | 0.26% |
3,311,616
-992,001
| -23% | -$76.6M |
|
67
Usana Health Sciences
USNA
$581M
| $253M | 0.26% |
2,099,166
-6,300
| -0.3% | -$759K |
|
|
SODA
68
DELISTED
SodaStream International Ltd
SODA
| $251M | 0.26% |
1,753,235
+113,435
| +7% | +$16.2M |
|
69
United Therapeutics
UTHR
$17.1B
| $249M | 0.26% |
1,944,078
+387,878
| +25% | +$49.6M |
|
70
Tapestry
TPR
$21.7B
| $248M | 0.25% |
4,931,580
-983,920
| -17% | -$49.5M |
|
71
Best Buy
BBY
$16.2B
| $245M | 0.25% |
3,085,500
-2,193,600
| -42% | -$174M |
|
72
Arista Networks
ANET
$177B
| $245M | 0.25% |
14,716,800
-2,782,400
| -16% | -$46.2M |
|
73
Equinor
EQNR
$60.7B
| $243M | 0.25% |
8,604,523
-608,600
| -7% | -$17.2M |
|
74
SBA Communications
SBAC
$20.9B
| $240M | 0.25% |
1,497,149
+325,300
| +28% | +$52.3M |
|
75
Vodafone
VOD
$28.3B
| $238M | 0.25% |
10,987,256
+4,448,570
| +68% | +$96.5M |
|