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
+1.23%
1 Year Return
+41.49%
3 Year Return
+105.58%
5 Year Return
+199.51%
10 Year Return
+593.04%
AUM
$77.4B
AUM Growth
-$2.68B
Cap. Flow
-$1.82B
Cap. Flow %
-2.34%
Top 10 Hldgs %
12.38%
Holding
4,070
New
665
Increased
931
Reduced
1,801
Closed
654

Top Buys

1
ADBE icon
Adobe
ADBE
+$593M
2
TSLA icon
Tesla
TSLA
+$473M
3
NKE icon
Nike
NKE
+$403M
4
AZN icon
AstraZeneca
AZN
+$401M
5
ABNB icon
Airbnb
ABNB
+$347M

Sector Composition

1 Technology 20.43%
2 Healthcare 20.23%
3 Consumer Staples 11.18%
4 Consumer Discretionary 9.83%
5 Industrials 8.47%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
NVT icon
1351
nVent Electric
NVT
$15.3B
$5.99M 0.01%
185,400
+115,400
+165% +$3.73M
LSXMK
1352
DELISTED
Liberty Media Corporation Series C Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock
LSXMK
$5.97M 0.01%
162,408
-130,649
-45% -$4.8M
SENEA icon
1353
Seneca Foods Class A
SENEA
$751M
$5.96M 0.01%
123,663
-16,200
-12% -$781K
FWRD icon
1354
Forward Air
FWRD
$904M
$5.93M 0.01%
71,439
+38,300
+116% +$3.18M
SMMF
1355
DELISTED
Summit Financial Group, Inc.
SMMF
$5.93M 0.01%
241,882
-9,453
-4% -$232K
CERT icon
1356
Certara
CERT
$1.81B
$5.93M 0.01%
179,100
+87,800
+96% +$2.91M
TSEM icon
1357
Tower Semiconductor
TSEM
$7.39B
$5.92M 0.01%
197,946
-265,200
-57% -$7.93M
SIM icon
1358
Grupo SIMEC
SIM
$5.9M 0.01%
245,232
-2,900
-1% -$69.7K
DRVN icon
1359
Driven Brands
DRVN
$3B
$5.89M 0.01%
204,000
+90,902
+80% +$2.63M
HWC icon
1360
Hancock Whitney
HWC
$5.36B
$5.89M 0.01%
+125,073
New +$5.89M
BCRX icon
1361
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
BCRX
$1.66B
$5.87M 0.01%
408,180
-624,300
-60% -$8.97M
ORRF icon
1362
Orrstown Financial Services
ORRF
$687M
$5.86M 0.01%
250,599
+26,000
+12% +$608K
SMBC icon
1363
Southern Missouri Bancorp
SMBC
$628M
$5.86M 0.01%
130,534
+19,700
+18% +$884K
ENIC icon
1364
Enel Chile
ENIC
$5.2B
$5.83M 0.01%
2,419,288
-656,206
-21% -$1.58M
HESM icon
1365
Hess Midstream
HESM
$5.15B
$5.83M 0.01%
206,500
-28,100
-12% -$793K
SFST icon
1366
Southern First Bancshares
SFST
$366M
$5.82M 0.01%
108,807
-6,429
-6% -$344K
G icon
1367
Genpact
G
$7.41B
$5.82M 0.01%
+122,400
New +$5.82M
FRST icon
1368
Primis Financial Corp
FRST
$269M
$5.81M 0.01%
402,013
+34,500
+9% +$499K
CXT icon
1369
Crane NXT
CXT
$3.46B
$5.81M 0.01%
176,483
-37,715
-18% -$1.24M
URBN icon
1370
Urban Outfitters
URBN
$6.07B
$5.81M 0.01%
195,600
+14,600
+8% +$433K
GTES icon
1371
Gates Industrial
GTES
$6.6B
$5.81M 0.01%
356,782
-167,518
-32% -$2.73M
CFFI icon
1372
C&F Financial
CFFI
$227M
$5.8M 0.01%
109,200
-4,800
-4% -$255K
PBIP
1373
DELISTED
Prudential Bancorp, Inc.
PBIP
$5.79M 0.01%
379,194
-29,187
-7% -$445K
VTI icon
1374
Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF
VTI
$536B
$5.77M 0.01%
+26,000
New +$5.77M
KE icon
1375
Kimball Electronics
KE
$741M
$5.77M 0.01%
223,975
-59,900
-21% -$1.54M