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
BF.A icon
1326
Brown-Forman Class A
BF.A
$13.3B
$8.01M 0.01%
113,576
-31,400
-22% -$2.21M
ONTF icon
1327
ON24
ONTF
$235M
$8M 0.01%
+225,400
New +$8M
TNXP icon
1328
Tonix Pharmaceuticals
TNXP
$274M
$8M 0.01%
11
-2
-15% -$1.45M
FRSX
1329
Foresight Autonomous Holdings
FRSX
$8.04M
$7.98M 0.01%
44,676
+15,528
+53% +$2.77M
PEG icon
1330
Public Service Enterprise Group
PEG
$40.9B
$7.98M 0.01%
+133,500
New +$7.98M
QUOT
1331
DELISTED
Quotient Technology Inc
QUOT
$7.97M 0.01%
737,536
+72,512
+11% +$784K
WSC icon
1332
WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings
WSC
$4.29B
$7.97M 0.01%
285,894
-315,800
-52% -$8.8M
WTBA icon
1333
West Bancorporation
WTBA
$350M
$7.94M 0.01%
286,052
-21,000
-7% -$583K
EB icon
1334
Eventbrite
EB
$265M
$7.93M 0.01%
+417,500
New +$7.93M
EDIT icon
1335
Editas Medicine
EDIT
$244M
$7.93M 0.01%
140,000
-315,927
-69% -$17.9M
UXIN
1336
Uxin Ltd
UXIN
$744M
$7.93M 0.01%
20,594
-110
-0.5% -$42.4K
MANU icon
1337
Manchester United
MANU
$2.76B
$7.92M 0.01%
521,300
-295,000
-36% -$4.48M
SCL icon
1338
Stepan Co
SCL
$1.12B
$7.91M 0.01%
65,800
+8,400
+15% +$1.01M
CAE icon
1339
CAE Inc
CAE
$8.55B
$7.91M 0.01%
257,146
-116,100
-31% -$3.57M
PRKS icon
1340
United Parks & Resorts
PRKS
$2.76B
$7.91M 0.01%
158,400
-154,105
-49% -$7.7M
GDX icon
1341
VanEck Gold Miners ETF
GDX
$21B
$7.89M 0.01%
232,300
-120,500
-34% -$4.09M
SLQT icon
1342
SelectQuote
SLQT
$363M
$7.89M 0.01%
+409,500
New +$7.89M
FARM icon
1343
Farmer Brothers
FARM
$50.2M
$7.88M 0.01%
621,300
-66,300
-10% -$841K
TIMB icon
1344
TIM SA
TIMB
$10.1B
$7.85M 0.01%
681,596
-140,062
-17% -$1.61M
BEP icon
1345
Brookfield Renewable
BEP
$7.11B
$7.85M 0.01%
203,417
+88,865
+78% +$3.43M
IEI icon
1346
iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF
IEI
$16.9B
$7.81M 0.01%
+59,800
New +$7.81M
DOC icon
1347
Healthpeak Properties
DOC
$12.6B
$7.8M 0.01%
+234,400
New +$7.8M
GRMN icon
1348
Garmin
GRMN
$46.4B
$7.8M 0.01%
53,942
-69,200
-56% -$10M
WKC icon
1349
World Kinect Corp
WKC
$1.44B
$7.79M 0.01%
245,600
+206,300
+525% +$6.55M
EARN
1350
Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT
EARN
$212M
$7.79M 0.01%
661,700
-116,000
-15% -$1.37M