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
GIC icon
1276
Global Industrial
GIC
$1.44B
$9.1M 0.01%
442,967
+89,900
+25% +$1.85M
GABC icon
1277
German American Bancorp
GABC
$1.53B
$9.09M 0.01%
292,400
-33,300
-10% -$1.04M
CEVA icon
1278
CEVA Inc
CEVA
$549M
$9.09M 0.01%
242,900
-73,300
-23% -$2.74M
RLI icon
1279
RLI Corp
RLI
$6.08B
$9.08M 0.01%
221,200
+4,200
+2% +$172K
TLYS icon
1280
Tilly's
TLYS
$60M
$9.06M 0.01%
1,597,710
-284,822
-15% -$1.61M
CYD icon
1281
China Yuchai International
CYD
$1.39B
$8.99M 0.01%
625,107
+88,824
+17% +$1.28M
PEBO icon
1282
Peoples Bancorp
PEBO
$1.09B
$8.98M 0.01%
421,979
-88,300
-17% -$1.88M
BLBD icon
1283
Blue Bird Corp
BLBD
$1.82B
$8.98M 0.01%
598,818
-51,600
-8% -$773K
AVAL icon
1284
Grupo Aval
AVAL
$4.02B
$8.96M 0.01%
2,054,472
+170,350
+9% +$743K
HPE icon
1285
Hewlett Packard
HPE
$32.8B
$8.95M 0.01%
+920,000
New +$8.95M
VLRS
1286
Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación
VLRS
$712M
$8.95M 0.01%
1,694,900
-567,600
-25% -$3M
WAFD icon
1287
WaFd
WAFD
$2.47B
$8.95M 0.01%
333,276
-8,800
-3% -$236K
ACC
1288
DELISTED
American Campus Communities, Inc.
ACC
$8.94M 0.01%
255,628
-244,584
-49% -$8.55M
JBGS
1289
JBG SMITH
JBGS
$1.43B
$8.92M 0.01%
301,800
+114,400
+61% +$3.38M
BRG
1290
DELISTED
Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc.
BRG
$8.9M 0.01%
1,101,575
-362,188
-25% -$2.93M
ALNT icon
1291
Allient
ALNT
$774M
$8.88M 0.01%
377,523
-61,950
-14% -$1.46M
NMR icon
1292
Nomura Holdings
NMR
$21.9B
$8.88M 0.01%
2,000,490
-47,700
-2% -$212K
CLVT icon
1293
Clarivate
CLVT
$2.85B
$8.87M 0.01%
+397,400
New +$8.87M
KMDA icon
1294
Kamada
KMDA
$411M
$8.85M 0.01%
1,139,945
+159,678
+16% +$1.24M
HELE icon
1295
Helen of Troy
HELE
$550M
$8.85M 0.01%
46,910
-20,900
-31% -$3.94M
DGICA icon
1296
Donegal Group Class A
DGICA
$697M
$8.84M 0.01%
621,811
+28,200
+5% +$401K
ILPT
1297
Industrial Logistics Properties Trust
ILPT
$415M
$8.83M 0.01%
429,880
-160,800
-27% -$3.3M
DOC icon
1298
Healthpeak Properties
DOC
$12.6B
$8.82M 0.01%
320,109
+50,307
+19% +$1.39M
OESX icon
1299
Orion Energy Systems
OESX
$30.9M
$8.82M 0.01%
254,879
+18,800
+8% +$650K
GAU
1300
Galiano Gold
GAU
$615M
$8.82M 0.01%
6,630,479
+1,408,263
+27% +$1.87M