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
+30.28%
1 Year Return
+41.49%
3 Year Return
+105.58%
5 Year Return
+199.51%
10 Year Return
+593.04%
AUM
$116B
AUM Growth
+$12.9B
Cap. Flow
-$7.32B
Cap. Flow %
-6.32%
Top 10 Hldgs %
14.35%
Holding
3,987
New
586
Increased
1,423
Reduced
1,366
Closed
597

Top Buys

1
ZM icon
Zoom
ZM
+$1.14B
2
ABBV icon
AbbVie
ABBV
+$537M
3
TMUS icon
T-Mobile US
TMUS
+$504M
4
BIDU icon
Baidu
BIDU
+$474M
5
KR icon
Kroger
KR
+$448M

Sector Composition

1 Healthcare 23.45%
2 Technology 16.11%
3 Consumer Staples 10.59%
4 Consumer Discretionary 9.95%
5 Communication Services 9.52%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
CSW
1251
CSW Industrials, Inc.
CSW
$4.28B
$9.5M 0.01%
137,500
-19,700
-13% -$1.36M
ALSK
1252
DELISTED
Alaska Communications Systems
ALSK
$9.49M 0.01%
3,402,086
+445,124
+15% +$1.24M
BBD icon
1253
Banco Bradesco
BBD
$33.4B
$9.49M 0.01%
+3,013,579
New +$9.49M
FANG icon
1254
Diamondback Energy
FANG
$40.1B
$9.49M 0.01%
226,889
-605,200
-73% -$25.3M
EARN
1255
Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT
EARN
$212M
$9.49M 0.01%
921,000
+22,700
+3% +$234K
MGA icon
1256
Magna International
MGA
$13.2B
$9.46M 0.01%
212,484
-206,200
-49% -$9.18M
SSB icon
1257
SouthState Bank Corporation
SSB
$10.3B
$9.46M 0.01%
198,464
+172,382
+661% +$8.22M
ORC
1258
Orchid Island Capital
ORC
$1.03B
$9.45M 0.01%
401,259
-141,480
-26% -$3.33M
WTM icon
1259
White Mountains Insurance
WTM
$4.57B
$9.41M 0.01%
10,600
-600
-5% -$533K
EXP icon
1260
Eagle Materials
EXP
$7.7B
$9.41M 0.01%
134,000
+14,800
+12% +$1.04M
PTGX icon
1261
Protagonist Therapeutics
PTGX
$3.71B
$9.4M 0.01%
532,300
-43,100
-7% -$761K
LGF.B
1262
DELISTED
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. Class B Non-Voting Shares
LGF.B
$9.36M 0.01%
1,370,234
+66,900
+5% +$457K
TW icon
1263
Tradeweb Markets
TW
$25.5B
$9.3M 0.01%
159,966
-617,081
-79% -$35.9M
ENIC icon
1264
Enel Chile
ENIC
$5.17B
$9.3M 0.01%
2,466,173
+391,216
+19% +$1.47M
CNDT icon
1265
Conduent
CNDT
$458M
$9.29M 0.01%
3,888,858
+959,658
+33% +$2.29M
STAY
1266
DELISTED
Extended Stay America, Inc. Paired Share Unit
STAY
$9.29M 0.01%
830,290
+73,190
+10% +$819K
OSBC icon
1267
Old Second Bancorp
OSBC
$968M
$9.28M 0.01%
1,192,925
+46,700
+4% +$363K
RGS icon
1268
Regis Corp
RGS
$69.1M
$9.28M 0.01%
56,720
-39,620
-41% -$6.48M
EVR icon
1269
Evercore
EVR
$13.3B
$9.25M 0.01%
156,900
-150,800
-49% -$8.89M
ZUO
1270
DELISTED
Zuora, Inc.
ZUO
$9.23M 0.01%
723,700
+81,200
+13% +$1.04M
GLIBA
1271
DELISTED
GCI Liberty, Inc. Class A Common Stock (DE)
GLIBA
$9.19M 0.01%
129,210
-1,000
-0.8% -$71.1K
CMRX
1272
DELISTED
Chimerix, Inc.
CMRX
$9.17M 0.01%
2,958,289
-291,724
-9% -$904K
DCOM icon
1273
Dime Community Bancshares
DCOM
$1.36B
$9.17M 0.01%
401,500
-4,859
-1% -$111K
SIGI icon
1274
Selective Insurance
SIGI
$4.85B
$9.16M 0.01%
173,594
+37,800
+28% +$1.99M
CMCO icon
1275
Columbus McKinnon
CMCO
$428M
$9.11M 0.01%
272,385
-16,715
-6% -$559K