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
DYNF icon
1426
BlackRock US Equity Factor Rotation ETF
DYNF
$25.9B
$5.84M 0.01%
+107,200
XPER icon
1427
Xperi
XPER
$300M
$5.83M 0.01%
737,583
+15,100
BSRR icon
1428
Sierra Bancorp
BSRR
$380M
$5.82M 0.01%
196,112
-1,700
GO icon
1429
Grocery Outlet
GO
$1.48B
$5.82M 0.01%
+468,300
UCTT icon
1430
Ultra Clean Holdings
UCTT
$1.26B
$5.81M 0.01%
257,200
+197,400
DHX icon
1431
DHI Group
DHX
$102M
$5.79M 0.01%
1,949,029
-157,686
ETON icon
1432
Eton Pharmaceutcials
ETON
$485M
$5.78M 0.01%
405,900
+131,900
KTB icon
1433
Kontoor Brands
KTB
$4.37B
$5.78M 0.01%
87,600
-400
CRD.A icon
1434
Crawford & Co Class A
CRD.A
$532M
$5.77M 0.01%
545,824
-18,300
SIM icon
1435
Grupo SIMEC
SIM
$4.15B
$5.77M 0.01%
213,570
-1,084
VO icon
1436
Vanguard Mid-Cap ETF
VO
$87.6B
$5.76M 0.01%
20,600
+14,400
CYD icon
1437
China Yuchai International
CYD
$1.38B
$5.76M 0.01%
241,080
+12,900
BHF icon
1438
Brighthouse Financial
BHF
$2.75B
$5.76M 0.01%
107,100
-1,600
GRC icon
1439
Gorman-Rupp
GRC
$1.18B
$5.73M 0.01%
156,115
+17,000
CUBE icon
1440
CubeSmart
CUBE
$9.18B
$5.72M 0.01%
134,688
-31,700
PII icon
1441
Polaris
PII
$3.45B
$5.71M 0.01%
140,400
-479,800
AMPX icon
1442
Amprius Technologies
AMPX
$1.61B
$5.67M 0.01%
1,346,600
+1,332,200
KNF icon
1443
Knife River
KNF
$3.94B
$5.67M 0.01%
69,400
-85,600
CCRD icon
1444
CoreCard
CCRD
$201M
$5.66M 0.01%
195,297
+14,400
NVST icon
1445
Envista
NVST
$3.19B
$5.65M 0.01%
289,400
+153,500
POWI icon
1446
Power Integrations
POWI
$2.42B
$5.65M 0.01%
101,100
-7,500
POWL icon
1447
Powell Industries
POWL
$3.81B
$5.65M 0.01%
26,834
-21,701
BRT
1448
BRT Apartments
BRT
$266M
$5.63M 0.01%
359,991
-8,000
HAFC icon
1449
Hanmi Financial
HAFC
$726M
$5.62M 0.01%
227,523
+3,571
KN icon
1450
Knowles
KN
$1.97B
$5.62M 0.01%
318,674
-223,900