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
+10.31%
1 Year Return
+41.49%
3 Year Return
+105.58%
5 Year Return
+199.51%
10 Year Return
+593.04%
AUM
$80.1B
AUM Growth
-$274M
Cap. Flow
-$5.85B
Cap. Flow %
-7.3%
Top 10 Hldgs %
12.21%
Holding
3,960
New
703
Increased
982
Reduced
1,701
Closed
552

Top Buys

1
AMZN icon
Amazon
AMZN
+$842M
2
NVDA icon
NVIDIA
NVDA
+$559M
3
MSFT icon
Microsoft
MSFT
+$420M
4
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
+$389M
5
MRNA icon
Moderna
MRNA
+$365M

Sector Composition

1 Healthcare 19.94%
2 Technology 19.65%
3 Consumer Staples 10.63%
4 Consumer Discretionary 10.51%
5 Communication Services 8.27%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
ABG icon
1226
Asbury Automotive
ABG
$4.97B
$9.34M 0.01%
+54,500
New +$9.34M
COWN
1227
DELISTED
Cowen Inc. Class A Common Stock
COWN
$9.34M 0.01%
227,428
+148,300
+187% +$6.09M
ZNH
1228
DELISTED
China Southern Airlines Company Limited
ZNH
$9.28M 0.01%
298,810
-37,201
-11% -$1.16M
ETWO
1229
DELISTED
E2open Parent Holdings
ETWO
$9.28M 0.01%
+812,800
New +$9.28M
ALLK
1230
DELISTED
Allakos
ALLK
$9.25M 0.01%
+108,400
New +$9.25M
BCBP icon
1231
BCB Bancorp
BCBP
$152M
$9.24M 0.01%
687,158
+201,490
+41% +$2.71M
BWB icon
1232
Bridgewater Bancshares
BWB
$455M
$9.22M 0.01%
570,647
-200
-0% -$3.23K
SON icon
1233
Sonoco
SON
$4.66B
$9.21M 0.01%
137,700
-163,100
-54% -$10.9M
NCLH icon
1234
Norwegian Cruise Line
NCLH
$12.2B
$9.19M 0.01%
+312,500
New +$9.19M
NFG icon
1235
National Fuel Gas
NFG
$7.95B
$9.19M 0.01%
175,900
+153,400
+682% +$8.02M
SPWH icon
1236
Sportsman's Warehouse
SPWH
$118M
$9.15M 0.01%
515,000
-82,400
-14% -$1.46M
VRP icon
1237
Invesco Variable Rate Preferred ETF
VRP
$2.2B
$9.15M 0.01%
348,000
+217,000
+166% +$5.71M
FTSL icon
1238
First Trust Senior Loan Fund ETF
FTSL
$2.41B
$9.14M 0.01%
190,400
+127,600
+203% +$6.13M
RRC icon
1239
Range Resources
RRC
$8.38B
$9.13M 0.01%
+544,771
New +$9.13M
KDNY
1240
DELISTED
Chinook Therapeutics, Inc. Common Stock
KDNY
$9.11M 0.01%
645,142
-96,700
-13% -$1.37M
PAGP icon
1241
Plains GP Holdings
PAGP
$3.69B
$9.11M 0.01%
762,737
+546,074
+252% +$6.52M
MEOH icon
1242
Methanex
MEOH
$3.08B
$9.11M 0.01%
275,348
-118,002
-30% -$3.9M
AZRE
1243
DELISTED
Azure Power Global Limited
AZRE
$9.09M 0.01%
337,517
-36,500
-10% -$983K
EAT icon
1244
Brinker International
EAT
$7.07B
$9.08M 0.01%
+146,800
New +$9.08M
LFVN icon
1245
LifeVantage
LFVN
$149M
$9.07M 0.01%
1,234,481
+23,563
+2% +$173K
ENIC icon
1246
Enel Chile
ENIC
$5.17B
$9.07M 0.01%
3,075,494
-494,567
-14% -$1.46M
SRCE icon
1247
1st Source
SRCE
$1.58B
$9.07M 0.01%
195,240
-54,600
-22% -$2.54M
CHMI
1248
Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment Corp
CHMI
$107M
$9.06M 0.01%
919,076
+18,483
+2% +$182K
CSTE icon
1249
Caesarstone
CSTE
$49.8M
$8.98M 0.01%
608,678
-73,900
-11% -$1.09M
RVI
1250
DELISTED
Retail Value Inc. Common Shares
RVI
$8.97M 0.01%
4,494,666
-846,496
-16% -$1.69M