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
+9.13%
1 Year Return
+41.49%
3 Year Return
+105.58%
5 Year Return
+199.51%
10 Year Return
+593.04%
AUM
$100B
AUM Growth
-$15.7B
Cap. Flow
-$22.5B
Cap. Flow %
-22.43%
Top 10 Hldgs %
15.09%
Holding
3,879
New
490
Increased
1,156
Reduced
1,673
Closed
545

Sector Composition

1 Healthcare 22.93%
2 Technology 16.66%
3 Consumer Staples 12.21%
4 Consumer Discretionary 9.52%
5 Communication Services 9.49%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
SLP icon
1276
Simulations Plus
SLP
$280M
$8.18M 0.01%
108,500
-154,200
-59% -$11.6M
VEDL
1277
DELISTED
Vedanta Limited American Depostary Shares (Each representing four equity shares)
VEDL
$8.17M 0.01%
1,105,760
-290,160
-21% -$2.14M
GME icon
1278
GameStop
GME
$11.1B
$8.17M 0.01%
+3,202,956
New +$8.17M
GRA
1279
DELISTED
W.R. Grace & Co.
GRA
$8.15M 0.01%
202,300
+131,300
+185% +$5.29M
TBCH
1280
Turtle Beach Corporation Common Stock
TBCH
$297M
$8.13M 0.01%
446,794
+192,894
+76% +$3.51M
AGM icon
1281
Federal Agricultural Mortgage
AGM
$2.15B
$8.13M 0.01%
127,700
-69,100
-35% -$4.4M
RIGL icon
1282
Rigel Pharmaceuticals
RIGL
$654M
$8.11M 0.01%
338,041
-243,727
-42% -$5.85M
TNAV
1283
DELISTED
Telenav Inc.
TNAV
$8.08M 0.01%
2,243,991
+19,500
+0.9% +$70.2K
NGVC icon
1284
Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers
NGVC
$833M
$8.08M 0.01%
819,215
+124,600
+18% +$1.23M
MGP
1285
DELISTED
MGM Growth Properties LLC Class A common shares representing limited liability company interests
MGP
$8.07M 0.01%
+288,400
New +$8.07M
SP
1286
DELISTED
SP Plus Corporation
SP
$8.04M 0.01%
448,000
-201,700
-31% -$3.62M
WPC icon
1287
W.P. Carey
WPC
$14.8B
$8.03M 0.01%
+125,889
New +$8.03M
SBH icon
1288
Sally Beauty Holdings
SBH
$1.45B
$8.02M 0.01%
923,100
+583,782
+172% +$5.07M
ICUI icon
1289
ICU Medical
ICUI
$3.3B
$8.01M 0.01%
43,800
+31,000
+242% +$5.67M
HWKN icon
1290
Hawkins
HWKN
$3.56B
$8M 0.01%
347,198
+64,000
+23% +$1.48M
CWT icon
1291
California Water Service
CWT
$2.72B
$8M 0.01%
184,100
+78,700
+75% +$3.42M
AMKR icon
1292
Amkor Technology
AMKR
$6.27B
$8M 0.01%
714,000
-214,700
-23% -$2.4M
ZVO
1293
DELISTED
Zovio Inc. Common Stock
ZVO
$8M 0.01%
1,999,064
+243,758
+14% +$975K
CMCO icon
1294
Columbus McKinnon
CMCO
$417M
$7.98M 0.01%
241,085
-31,300
-11% -$1.04M
FPRX
1295
DELISTED
Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc.
FPRX
$7.97M 0.01%
1,696,186
-47,862
-3% -$225K
CHS
1296
DELISTED
Chicos FAS, Inc.
CHS
$7.97M 0.01%
8,192,000
-311,100
-4% -$303K
ZION icon
1297
Zions Bancorporation
ZION
$8.56B
$7.95M 0.01%
+272,195
New +$7.95M
HMTV
1298
DELISTED
Hemisphere Media Group, Inc.
HMTV
$7.92M 0.01%
911,400
+34,889
+4% +$303K
OSBC icon
1299
Old Second Bancorp
OSBC
$963M
$7.91M 0.01%
1,055,225
-137,700
-12% -$1.03M
CEVA icon
1300
CEVA Inc
CEVA
$549M
$7.88M 0.01%
200,200
-42,700
-18% -$1.68M