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 |
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
|
$383M |
| 2 |
Costco
COST
|
$267M |
| 3 |
Pfizer
PFE
|
$231M |
| 4 |
Microsoft
MSFT
|
$230M |
| 5 |
Bristol-Myers Squibb
BMY
|
$227M |
Top Sells
| 1 |
CVS Health
CVS
|
$258M |
| 2 |
EMC
EMC CORPORATION
EMC
|
$228M |
| 3 |
GAS
AGL RESOURCES INC (HOLDING CO)
GAS
|
$216M |
| 4 |
Charter Communications
CHTR
|
$142M |
| 5 |
TE
TECO ENERGY INC
TE
|
$136M |
Sector Composition
| 1 | Technology | 15.67% |
| 2 | Healthcare | 12.42% |
| 3 | Financials | 11.99% |
| 4 | Consumer Staples | 9.63% |
| 5 | Industrials | 9.22% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Shares Change % | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
76
Kimberly-Clark
KMB
$42.7B
| $120M | 0.21% |
952,000
+950,000
| +47,500% | +$120M |
|
77
General Mills
GIS
$26.2B
| $118M | 0.21% |
+1,841,800
| New | +$118M |
|
78
Lowe's Companies
LOW
$145B
| $117M | 0.21% |
1,626,800
+1,396,700
| +607% | +$101M |
|
79
JetBlue
JBLU
$2.06B
| $116M | 0.21% |
6,733,100
+687,200
| +11% | +$11.8M |
|
80
Intercontinental Exchange
ICE
$99.8B
| $116M | 0.2% |
430,398
+138,900
| +48% | +$37.4M |
|
81
Edison International
EIX
$21.6B
| $115M | 0.2% |
1,593,800
+854,100
| +115% | +$61.7M |
|
82
Toyota
TM
$252B
| $115M | 0.2% |
989,400
+122,400
| +14% | +$14.2M |
|
83
Groupon
GRPN
$1.03B
| $114M | 0.2% |
22,062,665
+5,074,165
| +30% | +$26.1M |
|
|
TTM
84
DELISTED
Tata Motors Limited
TTM
| $113M | 0.2% |
2,838,500
+1,618,800
| +133% | +$64.7M |
|
|
HA
85
DELISTED
Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.
HA
| $112M | 0.2% |
2,310,400
-33,980
| -1% | -$1.65M |
|
86
Telus
TU
$24.9B
| $112M | 0.2% |
3,400,700
+14,400
| +0.4% | +$475K |
|
|
XLNX
87
DELISTED
Xilinx Inc
XLNX
| $112M | 0.2% |
2,054,005
-420,000
| -17% | -$22.8M |
|
88
Jazz Pharmaceuticals
JAZZ
$7.95B
| $111M | 0.2% |
914,800
+195,292
| +27% | +$23.7M |
|
89
Usana Health Sciences
USNA
$581M
| $111M | 0.2% |
799,583
+14,700
| +2% | +$2.03M |
|
90
Waste Management
WM
$90.3B
| $110M | 0.19% |
1,725,300
+152,400
| +10% | +$9.72M |
|
91
Markel Group
MKL
$24.6B
| $110M | 0.19% |
118,300
+1,600
| +1% | +$1.49M |
|
92
EchoStar
SATS
$18.4B
| $108M | 0.19% |
2,474,388
+264,608
| +12% | +$11.6M |
|
93
Ball Corp
BALL
$13.6B
| $107M | 0.19% |
1,305,911
+675,047
| +107% | +$55.3M |
|
94
Hershey
HSY
$37.4B
| $107M | 0.19% |
1,116,400
-408,600
| -27% | -$39.1M |
|
95
Best Buy
BBY
$15.7B
| $106M | 0.19% |
2,772,600
+1,312,300
| +90% | +$50.1M |
|
96
Texas Instruments
TXN
$181B
| $105M | 0.19% |
+1,499,900
| New | +$105M |
|
97
DTE Energy
DTE
$28B
| $105M | 0.19% |
1,123,000
+283,400
| +34% | +$26.5M |
|
98
Huntington Ingalls Industries
HII
$10.5B
| $104M | 0.18% |
676,900
-188,300
| -22% | -$28.9M |
|
99
Honda
HMC
$44.8B
| $104M | 0.18% |
3,584,200
+917,200
| +34% | +$26.5M |
|
100
Procter & Gamble
PG
$368B
| $103M | 0.18% |
+1,148,800
| New | +$103M |
|