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
+4.13%
1 Year Return
+41.49%
3 Year Return
+105.58%
5 Year Return
+199.51%
10 Year Return
+593.04%
AUM
$41.7B
AUM Growth
-$66M
Cap. Flow
-$954M
Cap. Flow %
-2.29%
Top 10 Hldgs %
12.75%
Holding
3,290
New
474
Increased
1,341
Reduced
963
Closed
495

Top Buys

1
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
+$441M
2
VZ icon
Verizon
VZ
+$217M
3
CMCSA icon
Comcast
CMCSA
+$132M
4
VOD icon
Vodafone
VOD
+$131M
5
KMI icon
Kinder Morgan
KMI
+$129M

Sector Composition

1 Technology 14.88%
2 Consumer Discretionary 13.29%
3 Healthcare 11.79%
4 Industrials 10.94%
5 Consumer Staples 9.11%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
PCL
1801
DELISTED
PLUM CREEK TIMBER CO (REIT)
PCL
$1.89M ﹤0.01%
+44,827
New +$1.89M
FISI icon
1802
Financial Institutions
FISI
$545M
$1.88M ﹤0.01%
81,829
+19,729
+32% +$454K
ELON
1803
DELISTED
Echelon Corp
ELON
$1.88M ﹤0.01%
67,780
-7,544
-10% -$210K
MOD icon
1804
Modine Manufacturing
MOD
$7.86B
$1.88M ﹤0.01%
+128,457
New +$1.88M
KAMN
1805
DELISTED
Kaman Corp
KAMN
$1.87M ﹤0.01%
+45,846
New +$1.87M
OSUR icon
1806
OraSure Technologies
OSUR
$242M
$1.86M ﹤0.01%
233,800
-33,504
-13% -$267K
ENZ
1807
DELISTED
Enzo Biochem, Inc.
ENZ
$1.86M ﹤0.01%
447,881
+102,244
+30% +$425K
LMOS
1808
DELISTED
Lumos Networks Corp
LMOS
$1.86M ﹤0.01%
139,300
-33,400
-19% -$446K
OTTR icon
1809
Otter Tail
OTTR
$3.48B
$1.86M ﹤0.01%
+60,362
New +$1.86M
EGIO
1810
DELISTED
Edgio, Inc. Common Stock
EGIO
$1.85M ﹤0.01%
21,226
+583
+3% +$50.8K
GURE icon
1811
Gulf Resources
GURE
$9.34M
$1.85M ﹤0.01%
152,440
+13,800
+10% +$167K
ANAT
1812
DELISTED
American National Group, Inc. Common Stock
ANAT
$1.84M ﹤0.01%
16,314
-1,686
-9% -$191K
CATY icon
1813
Cathay General Bancorp
CATY
$3.39B
$1.84M ﹤0.01%
+73,071
New +$1.84M
ELME
1814
Elme Communities
ELME
$1.51B
$1.84M ﹤0.01%
77,079
-175,321
-69% -$4.19M
CYRN
1815
DELISTED
CYREN Ltd.
CYRN
$1.84M ﹤0.01%
25,457
-1,500
-6% -$108K
BXMT icon
1816
Blackstone Mortgage Trust
BXMT
$3.35B
$1.83M ﹤0.01%
+63,757
New +$1.83M
MFLX
1817
DELISTED
MULTI-FINELINE ELECTRONIX INC
MFLX
$1.83M ﹤0.01%
143,100
+4,800
+3% +$61.5K
PEBO icon
1818
Peoples Bancorp
PEBO
$1.08B
$1.83M ﹤0.01%
73,978
+19,446
+36% +$481K
GEL icon
1819
Genesis Energy
GEL
$2.03B
$1.82M ﹤0.01%
33,513
-64,387
-66% -$3.49M
BGC icon
1820
BGC Group
BGC
$4.82B
$1.81M ﹤0.01%
430,188
-1,552,667
-78% -$6.53M
XLB icon
1821
Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund
XLB
$5.5B
$1.81M ﹤0.01%
38,200
+21,600
+130% +$1.02M
MHGC
1822
DELISTED
Morgans Hotel Group Co.
MHGC
$1.81M ﹤0.01%
224,647
-57,453
-20% -$462K
FFNW
1823
DELISTED
First Financial Northwest, Inc
FFNW
$1.8M ﹤0.01%
177,612
-20,824
-10% -$211K
USLM icon
1824
United States Lime & Minerals
USLM
$3.63B
$1.79M ﹤0.01%
159,335
+20,835
+15% +$235K
SP
1825
DELISTED
SP Plus Corporation
SP
$1.79M ﹤0.01%
68,300
-29,100
-30% -$764K