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
+16.98%
1 Year Return
+41.49%
3 Year Return
+105.58%
5 Year Return
+199.51%
10 Year Return
+593.04%
AUM
$75.2B
AUM Growth
+$9.1B
Cap. Flow
+$1.93B
Cap. Flow %
2.57%
Top 10 Hldgs %
12.06%
Holding
4,018
New
612
Increased
1,577
Reduced
1,314
Closed
496

Sector Composition

1 Technology 19.67%
2 Healthcare 15.79%
3 Consumer Discretionary 12.38%
4 Financials 11.51%
5 Industrials 8.92%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
EMLC icon
826
VanEck JP Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF
EMLC
$3.76B
$15.5M 0.02%
+613,300
NLY icon
827
Annaly Capital Management
NLY
$13.2B
$15.5M 0.02%
825,160
-1,576,055
WBA
828
DELISTED
Walgreens Boots Alliance
WBA
$15.5M 0.02%
1,350,700
-2,221,200
BBT
829
Beacon Financial Corp
BBT
$2.01B
$15.5M 0.02%
618,821
+53,400
SEB icon
830
Seaboard Corp
SEB
$3.23B
$15.4M 0.02%
5,397
+64
WMG icon
831
Warner Music
WMG
$16.7B
$15.4M 0.02%
566,800
+473,200
PPBI
832
DELISTED
Pacific Premier Bancorp
PPBI
$15.4M 0.02%
731,128
+389,500
STT icon
833
State Street
STT
$31.5B
$15.4M 0.02%
144,631
-72,500
VC icon
834
Visteon
VC
$3.02B
$15.3M 0.02%
164,300
+3,700
FVRR icon
835
Fiverr
FVRR
$842M
$15.3M 0.02%
522,199
+117,300
TDUP icon
836
ThredUp
TDUP
$1.06B
$15.3M 0.02%
2,043,626
+940,381
COP icon
837
ConocoPhillips
COP
$109B
$15.3M 0.02%
170,143
-271,751
AKBA icon
838
Akebia Therapeutics
AKBA
$729M
$15.3M 0.02%
4,194,427
+188,600
CUZ icon
839
Cousins Properties
CUZ
$4.47B
$15.2M 0.02%
506,631
+247,000
EQNR icon
840
Equinor
EQNR
$58.4B
$15.2M 0.02%
604,600
+230,100
GNE icon
841
Genie Energy
GNE
$408M
$15.2M 0.02%
565,185
+4,800
TCBI icon
842
Texas Capital Bancshares
TCBI
$3.67B
$15.2M 0.02%
191,300
+63,100
PUBM icon
843
PubMatic
PUBM
$365M
$15.2M 0.02%
1,219,900
+123,400
DHIL icon
844
Diamond Hill
DHIL
$370M
$15.2M 0.02%
104,346
+8,000
INSW icon
845
International Seaways
INSW
$2.15B
$15.2M 0.02%
415,400
-134,600
FTI icon
846
TechnipFMC
FTI
$14.7B
$15.1M 0.02%
437,800
-232,400
PB icon
847
Prosperity Bancshares
PB
$5.98B
$15M 0.02%
213,872
-14,500
FRO icon
848
Frontline
FRO
$5.06B
$15M 0.02%
912,900
-116,500
TAC icon
849
TransAlta
TAC
$4.62B
$15M 0.02%
1,387,400
-609,100
HNST icon
850
The Honest Company
HNST
$414M
$15M 0.02%
2,940,400
-767,300