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
AIRT icon
1726
Air T
AIRT
$4.27M 0.01%
172,911
-4,100
-2% -$101K
MDC
1727
DELISTED
M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.
MDC
$4.27M 0.01%
+84,420
New +$4.27M
APT icon
1728
Alpha Pro Tech
APT
$51.2M
$4.24M 0.01%
495,063
+28,500
+6% +$244K
SBBP
1729
DELISTED
Strongbridge Biopharma plc.
SBBP
$4.24M 0.01%
1,427,900
-118,390
-8% -$352K
EQBK icon
1730
Equity Bancshares
EQBK
$800M
$4.24M 0.01%
139,000
-24,000
-15% -$732K
VOLT
1731
DELISTED
Volt Information Sciences, Inc.
VOLT
$4.23M 0.01%
925,868
+58,000
+7% +$265K
VG
1732
DELISTED
Vonage Holdings Corporation
VG
$4.23M 0.01%
293,623
-286,603
-49% -$4.13M
VRA icon
1733
Vera Bradley
VRA
$61.5M
$4.23M 0.01%
341,000
-197,927
-37% -$2.45M
DOCU icon
1734
DocuSign
DOCU
$16.1B
$4.22M 0.01%
15,100
-330,700
-96% -$92.5M
FNLC icon
1735
First Bancorp
FNLC
$301M
$4.21M 0.01%
143,095
-7,100
-5% -$209K
EPI icon
1736
WisdomTree India Earnings Fund ETF
EPI
$2.93B
$4.2M 0.01%
124,100
+15,000
+14% +$508K
NWL icon
1737
Newell Brands
NWL
$2.48B
$4.2M 0.01%
+152,827
New +$4.2M
PW
1738
Power REIT
PW
$3.56M
$4.19M 0.01%
104,296
-22,300
-18% -$896K
CNCE
1739
DELISTED
Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
CNCE
$4.19M 0.01%
993,000
+69,776
+8% +$294K
RLX icon
1740
RLX Technology
RLX
$3.18B
$4.19M 0.01%
+479,400
New +$4.19M
NEXA icon
1741
Nexa Resources
NEXA
$657M
$4.18M 0.01%
476,800
-31,100
-6% -$273K
XRT icon
1742
SPDR S&P Retail ETF
XRT
$436M
$4.18M 0.01%
43,000
+19,200
+81% +$1.87M
AIOT
1743
PowerFleet, Inc. Common Stock
AIOT
$701M
$4.18M 0.01%
580,400
+101,400
+21% +$730K
TTI icon
1744
TETRA Technologies
TTI
$630M
$4.17M 0.01%
961,633
-41,400
-4% -$180K
CMPS
1745
Compass Pathways
CMPS
$499M
$4.16M 0.01%
+108,900
New +$4.16M
MRIN
1746
DELISTED
Marin Software
MRIN
$4.15M 0.01%
64,507
-7,917
-11% -$510K
ALTR
1747
DELISTED
Altair Engineering Inc. Class A Common Stock
ALTR
$4.15M 0.01%
+60,135
New +$4.15M
ADMS
1748
DELISTED
Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
ADMS
$4.13M 0.01%
782,812
-29,800
-4% -$157K
LITB
1749
LightInTheBox
LITB
$38M
$4.13M 0.01%
347,360
+32,923
+10% +$391K
ATC
1750
DELISTED
Atotech Limited
ATC
$4.13M 0.01%
+161,658
New +$4.13M