Renaissance Technologies Portfolio holdings
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.
Top Buys
| 1 |
Amazon
AMZN
|
+$738M |
| 2 |
Booking.com
BKNG
|
+$327M |
| 3 |
PepsiCo
PEP
|
+$282M |
| 4 |
Netflix
NFLX
|
+$263M |
| 5 |
Comcast
CMCSA
|
+$251M |
Top Sells
| 1 |
Exxon Mobil
XOM
|
+$726M |
| 2 |
Walmart
WMT
|
+$352M |
| 3 |
Becton Dickinson
BDX
|
+$331M |
| 4 |
GE Aerospace
GE
|
+$315M |
| 5 |
NetEase
NTES
|
+$307M |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1976
Preformed Line Products
PLPC
$979M
| $3.92M | ﹤0.01% |
60,200
+100
| +0.2% | +$6.51K |
|
|
LITS
1977
Lite Strategy, Inc. Common Stock
LITS
$96.2M
| $3.92M | ﹤0.01% |
94,566
-6,140
| -6% | -$254K |
|
|
VER
1978
DELISTED
VEREIT, Inc.
VER
| $3.91M | ﹤0.01% |
112,231
-456,680
| -80% | -$15.9M |
|
1979
Stock Yards Bancorp
SYBT
$2.27B
| $3.91M | ﹤0.01% |
111,250
+78,600
| +241% | +$2.76M |
|
1980
Consolidated Water Co
CWCO
$529M
| $3.9M | ﹤0.01% |
268,000
+27,900
| +12% | +$406K |
|
|
IVC
1981
DELISTED
Invacare Corporation
IVC
| $3.9M | ﹤0.01% |
224,100
-85,000
| -27% | -$1.48M |
|
|
DRD
1982
DRDGold
DRD
$1.93B
| $3.9M | ﹤0.01% |
1,427,465
-66,205
| -4% | -$181K |
|
1983
Travelzoo
TZOO
$105M
| $3.89M | ﹤0.01% |
535,004
+16,304
| +3% | +$119K |
|
|
HSKA
1984
DELISTED
Heska Corp
HSKA
| $3.89M | ﹤0.01% |
+49,199
| New | +$3.89M |
|
1985
LeMaitre Vascular
LMAT
$2.09B
| $3.89M | ﹤0.01% |
107,300
-49,700
| -32% | -$1.8M |
|
|
CGNT
1986
DELISTED
Cogentix Medical, Inc.
CGNT
| $3.87M | ﹤0.01% |
1,005,137
+296,500
| +42% | +$1.14M |
|
|
BRG
1987
DELISTED
Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc.
BRG
| $3.85M | ﹤0.01% |
453,400
-938,496
| -67% | -$7.98M |
|
|
ACBI
1988
DELISTED
Atlantic Capital Bancshares, Inc. Common Stock
ACBI
| $3.85M | ﹤0.01% |
212,600
-29,800
| -12% | -$539K |
|
1989
Agilysys
AGYS
$2.97B
| $3.83M | ﹤0.01% |
321,500
+33,500
| +12% | +$399K |
|
1990
Medpace
MEDP
$13.8B
| $3.83M | ﹤0.01% |
109,700
-73,800
| -40% | -$2.58M |
|
1991
Steven Madden
SHOO
$2.26B
| $3.82M | ﹤0.01% |
130,617
+73,050
| +127% | +$2.14M |
|
1992
Four Corners Property Trust
FCPT
$2.66B
| $3.82M | ﹤0.01% |
+165,500
| New | +$3.82M |
|
1993
AMERISAFE
AMSF
$841M
| $3.82M | ﹤0.01% |
+69,100
| New | +$3.82M |
|
|
RNWK
1994
DELISTED
RealNetworks Inc
RNWK
| $3.81M | ﹤0.01% |
1,246,430
+82,107
| +7% | +$251K |
|
|
TBI
1995
Trueblue
TBI
$179M
| $3.81M | ﹤0.01% |
+146,900
| New | +$3.81M |
|
1996
KVH Industries
KVHI
$119M
| $3.8M | ﹤0.01% |
366,900
+2,100
| +0.6% | +$21.7K |
|
|
SRRA
1997
DELISTED
Sierra Oncology, Inc. Common Stock
SRRA
| $3.8M | ﹤0.01% |
45,833
+27,365
| +148% | +$2.27M |
|
1998
Harvard Bioscience
HBIO
$19.7M
| $3.79M | ﹤0.01% |
757,299
+145,167
| +24% | +$726K |
|
1999
Materion
MTRN
$2.31B
| $3.78M | ﹤0.01% |
74,100
+62,700
| +550% | +$3.2M |
|
2000
Investors Title Co
ITIC
$481M
| $3.78M | ﹤0.01% |
18,900
+300
| +2% | +$60K |
|