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
1 Year Return
+41.49%
3 Year Return
5 Year Return
10 Year Return
AUM
$75.2B
AUM Growth
+$9.1B
Cap. Flow
Cap. Flow %
Top 10 Hldgs %
Holding
4,018
New
Increased
Reduced
Closed

Top Buys

1 +$1B
2 +$721M
3 +$468M
4
UNH icon
UnitedHealth
UNH
+$422M
5
GEV icon
GE Vernova
GEV
+$376M

Top Sells

1 +$673M
2 +$481M
3 +$433M
4
GOOGL icon
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
+$402M
5
PLTR icon
Palantir
PLTR
+$380M

Sector Composition

1 Technology 19.67%
2 Healthcare 15.79%
3 Consumer Discretionary 12.38%
4 Financials 11.51%
5 Industrials 8.92%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
GERN icon
1301
Geron
GERN
$810M
$7.05M 0.01%
4,999,100
-602,000
ZWS icon
1302
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions
ZWS
$7.69B
$7.04M 0.01%
192,493
+2,900
CLVT icon
1303
Clarivate
CLVT
$2.44B
$7.04M 0.01%
1,636,400
+706,400
CNS icon
1304
Cohen & Steers
CNS
$3.4B
$7.02M 0.01%
93,112
+60,500
LFST icon
1305
Lifestance Health
LFST
$1.99B
$6.99M 0.01%
1,352,100
+189,000
BKTI icon
1306
BK Technologies
BKTI
$263M
$6.99M 0.01%
148,269
+32,799
CRI icon
1307
Carter's
CRI
$1.08B
$6.98M 0.01%
231,700
+190,800
IVZ icon
1308
Invesco
IVZ
$10.4B
$6.98M 0.01%
442,600
+288,700
SAH icon
1309
Sonic Automotive
SAH
$2.45B
$6.98M 0.01%
87,300
+2,200
LSTR icon
1310
Landstar System
LSTR
$4.33B
$6.97M 0.01%
50,140
+35,300
IMCR icon
1311
Immunocore
IMCR
$1.63B
$6.97M 0.01%
222,052
+131,482
AROW icon
1312
Arrow Financial
AROW
$438M
$6.92M 0.01%
261,805
+30,184
TH icon
1313
Target Hospitality
TH
$742M
$6.92M 0.01%
971,324
+53,300
PFSI icon
1314
PennyMac Financial
PFSI
$6.04B
$6.9M 0.01%
69,200
+33,100
ATLC icon
1315
Atlanticus Holdings
ATLC
$851M
$6.89M 0.01%
125,858
+4,200
KMT icon
1316
Kennametal
KMT
$1.62B
$6.85M 0.01%
+298,200
OSUR icon
1317
OraSure Technologies
OSUR
$220M
$6.83M 0.01%
2,276,303
-294,840
PGRE
1318
Paramount Group
PGRE
$1.44B
$6.81M 0.01%
1,115,800
+264,700
III icon
1319
Information Services Group
III
$257M
$6.8M 0.01%
1,415,909
-8,900
GBTC icon
1320
Grayscale Bitcoin Trust
GBTC
$46.4B
$6.79M 0.01%
+80,100
DRI icon
1321
Darden Restaurants
DRI
$21.5B
$6.78M 0.01%
+31,100
APOG icon
1322
Apogee Enterprises
APOG
$834M
$6.73M 0.01%
165,683
+46,800
WLDN icon
1323
Willdan Group
WLDN
$1.37B
$6.73M 0.01%
107,600
-20,900
ZYME icon
1324
Zymeworks
ZYME
$1.37B
$6.69M 0.01%
533,300
+82,700
JBBB icon
1325
Janus Henderson B-BBB CLO ETF
JBBB
$1.5B
$6.69M 0.01%
138,756
-137,778