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
+2.82%
1 Year Return
+41.49%
3 Year Return
+105.58%
5 Year Return
+199.51%
10 Year Return
+593.04%
AUM
$91.4B
AUM Growth
+$733M
Cap. Flow
+$612M
Cap. Flow %
0.67%
Top 10 Hldgs %
9%
Holding
3,782
New
474
Increased
1,650
Reduced
1,191
Closed
438

Top Buys

1
AMZN icon
Amazon
AMZN
+$738M
2
BKNG icon
Booking.com
BKNG
+$327M
3
PEP icon
PepsiCo
PEP
+$282M
4
NFLX icon
Netflix
NFLX
+$263M
5
CMCSA icon
Comcast
CMCSA
+$251M

Sector Composition

1 Healthcare 16.7%
2 Technology 14.08%
3 Consumer Discretionary 11.09%
4 Financials 10.92%
5 Industrials 8.51%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
OLBK
1426
DELISTED
Old Line Bancshares, Inc.
OLBK
$9.13M 0.01%
276,700
+30,600
+12% +$1.01M
POWL icon
1427
Powell Industries
POWL
$3.47B
$9.12M 0.01%
339,600
-15,400
-4% -$413K
HBCP icon
1428
Home Bancorp
HBCP
$433M
$9.11M 0.01%
211,100
-24,400
-10% -$1.05M
K icon
1429
Kellanova
K
$27.6B
$9.08M 0.01%
+148,781
New +$9.08M
NXEO
1430
DELISTED
Nexeo Solutions, Inc. Common Stock
NXEO
$9.06M 0.01%
846,600
+529,100
+167% +$5.66M
WTM icon
1431
White Mountains Insurance
WTM
$4.54B
$9.06M 0.01%
11,011
-1,189
-10% -$978K
BURL icon
1432
Burlington
BURL
$16.8B
$9.05M 0.01%
+68,000
New +$9.05M
CBPO
1433
DELISTED
China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc.
CBPO
$9.05M 0.01%
111,700
+9,400
+9% +$761K
MMI icon
1434
Marcus & Millichap
MMI
$1.26B
$9.02M 0.01%
250,000
+129,300
+107% +$4.66M
TITN icon
1435
Titan Machinery
TITN
$451M
$8.99M 0.01%
381,700
+2,253
+0.6% +$53.1K
XIN
1436
DELISTED
Xinyuan Real Estate
XIN
$8.98M 0.01%
170,080
-1,300
-0.8% -$68.6K
STT icon
1437
State Street
STT
$31.9B
$8.98M 0.01%
+90,031
New +$8.98M
PAG icon
1438
Penske Automotive Group
PAG
$11.9B
$8.96M 0.01%
202,100
+96,900
+92% +$4.3M
NXTM
1439
DELISTED
NxStage Medical Inc.
NXTM
$8.94M 0.01%
359,583
+219,683
+157% +$5.46M
GPK icon
1440
Graphic Packaging
GPK
$6.14B
$8.91M 0.01%
580,118
-1,601,400
-73% -$24.6M
DYN
1441
DELISTED
Dynegy, Inc.
DYN
$8.9M 0.01%
658,614
-828,642
-56% -$11.2M
MATW icon
1442
Matthews International
MATW
$763M
$8.9M 0.01%
175,853
-105,797
-38% -$5.35M
DHT icon
1443
DHT Holdings
DHT
$1.98B
$8.89M 0.01%
2,613,900
+655,200
+33% +$2.23M
UMBF icon
1444
UMB Financial
UMBF
$9.16B
$8.88M 0.01%
122,600
+76,800
+168% +$5.56M
AGEN
1445
Agenus
AGEN
$143M
$8.87M 0.01%
+95,929
New +$8.87M
SHV icon
1446
iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF
SHV
$20.7B
$8.85M 0.01%
80,200
+10,200
+15% +$1.13M
ULQ
1447
DELISTED
CLAYMORE US CAPITAL MARKETS MICRO-TERM FIXED INCOME ETF
ULQ
$8.85M 0.01%
176,200
+114,000
+183% +$5.73M
HRL icon
1448
Hormel Foods
HRL
$13.8B
$8.84M 0.01%
+257,500
New +$8.84M
CALL
1449
DELISTED
magicJack VocalTec Ltd
CALL
$8.83M 0.01%
1,050,839
+2,639
+0.3% +$22.2K
GTE icon
1450
Gran Tierra Energy
GTE
$136M
$8.81M 0.01%
315,830
-28,300
-8% -$790K