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 |
NVIDIA
NVDA
|
$1B |
| 2 |
Netflix
NFLX
|
$721M |
| 3 |
Apple
AAPL
|
$468M |
| 4 |
UnitedHealth
UNH
|
$422M |
| 5 |
GE Vernova
GEV
|
$376M |
Top Sells
| 1 |
Broadcom
AVGO
|
$673M |
| 2 |
Robinhood
HOOD
|
$481M |
| 3 |
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
|
$433M |
| 4 |
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
|
$402M |
| 5 |
Palantir
PLTR
|
$380M |
Sector Composition
| 1 | Technology | 19.67% |
| 2 | Healthcare | 15.34% |
| 3 | Consumer Discretionary | 12.38% |
| 4 | Financials | 11.51% |
| 5 | Industrials | 8.93% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Shares Change % | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
51
Wayfair
W
$9.67B
| $234M | 0.31% | 4,568,267 +235,700 | +5% | +$12.1M |
|
52
Cal-Maine
CALM
$5.61B
| $231M | 0.31% | 2,313,574 +267,400 | +13% | +$26.6M |
|
53
Nu Holdings
NU
$71.5B
| $229M | 0.31% | 16,712,113 +12,214,813 | +272% | +$168M |
|
54
Li Auto
LI
$23.7B
| $223M | 0.3% | 8,217,939 +255,100 | +3% | +$6.92M |
|
55
Pure Storage
PSTG
$25.4B
| $221M | 0.29% | 3,843,112 +75,200 | +2% | +$4.33M |
|
56
Fortinet
FTNT
$60.4B
| $218M | 0.29% | 2,060,851 -1,373,500 | -40% | -$145M |
|
57
Carnival Corp
CCL
$43.2B
| $214M | 0.28% | 7,600,901 -5,224,888 | -41% | -$147M |
|
58
Marsh & McLennan
MMC
$101B
| $213M | 0.28% | 973,931 +354,931 | +57% | +$77.6M |
|
59
Medpace
MEDP
$13.4B
| $213M | 0.28% | 678,088 +100,400 | +17% | +$31.5M |
|
60
Adobe
ADBE
$151B
| $212M | 0.28% | 546,693 +489,249 | +852% | +$189M |
|
61
Veralto
VLTO
$26.4B
| $198M | 0.26% | 1,957,300 +282,092 | +17% | +$28.5M |
|
62
Chewy
CHWY
$16.9B
| $196M | 0.26% | 4,591,982 +2,828,600 | +160% | +$121M |
|
63
Microsoft
MSFT
$3.77T
| $188M | 0.25% | 378,772 +30,250 | +9% | +$15M |
|
64
Wingstop
WING
$9.16B
| $188M | 0.25% | 557,946 -187,700 | -25% | -$63.2M |
|
65
Uber
UBER
$196B
| $187M | 0.25% | 2,004,600 +1,246,900 | +165% | +$116M |
|
66
Alamos Gold
AGI
$12.8B
| $187M | 0.25% | 7,023,153 -97,800 | -1% | -$2.6M |
|
67
Thermo Fisher Scientific
TMO
$186B
| $186M | 0.25% | 458,950 +303,706 | +196% | +$123M |
|
68
Nova
NVMI
$7.74B
| $185M | 0.25% | 672,386 -22,800 | -3% | -$6.27M |
|
69
CorVel
CRVL
$4.57B
| $185M | 0.25% | 1,796,030 -34,000 | -2% | -$3.49M |
|
70
TSMC
TSM
$1.2T
| $184M | 0.25% | 813,420 +270,600 | +50% | +$61.3M |
|
71
Ericsson
ERIC
$26.2B
| $183M | 0.24% | 21,575,900 +8,397,936 | +64% | +$71.2M |
|
72
New York Times
NYT
$9.74B
| $183M | 0.24% | 3,260,580 -181,500 | -5% | -$10.2M |
|
73
New Oriental
EDU
$7.85B
| $182M | 0.24% | 3,367,854 +267,300 | +9% | +$14.4M |
|
74
Itaú Unibanco
ITUB
$77B
| $182M | 0.24% | 26,749,971 +5,419,400 | +25% | +$36.8M |
|
75
Cheniere Energy
LNG
$53.1B
| $181M | 0.24% | 741,953 -92,100 | -11% | -$22.4M |
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