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 |
Pfizer
PFE
|
+$230M |
| 2 |
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
|
+$204M |
| 3 |
Bank of America
BAC
|
+$171M |
| 4 |
Costco
COST
|
+$161M |
| 5 |
GSK
GSK
|
+$135M |
Top Sells
| 1 |
IBM
IBM
|
+$412M |
| 2 |
Bristol-Myers Squibb
BMY
|
+$228M |
| 3 |
GE Aerospace
GE
|
+$156M |
| 4 |
Walt Disney
DIS
|
+$154M |
| 5 |
Amazon
AMZN
|
+$138M |
Sector Composition
| 1 | Technology | 14.33% |
| 2 | Healthcare | 13.06% |
| 3 | Consumer Discretionary | 12.03% |
| 4 | Consumer Staples | 11.16% |
| 5 | Industrials | 10.47% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Shares Change % | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2001
Universal Logistics Holdings
ULH
$650M
| $1.17M | ﹤0.01% |
38,400
-928
| -2% | -$28.3K |
|
|
VXX
2002
DELISTED
iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN due 1/30/2019
VXX
| $1.17M | ﹤0.01% |
+1,719
| New | +$1.17M |
|
2003
OFG Bancorp
OFG
$1.95B
| $1.16M | ﹤0.01% |
67,100
-114,770
| -63% | -$1.99M |
|
|
CWEI
2004
DELISTED
Clayton Williams Energy, Inc.
CWEI
| $1.16M | ﹤0.01% |
14,185
+7,900
| +126% | +$647K |
|
2005
Timberland Bancorp
TSBK
$288M
| $1.16M | ﹤0.01% |
120,700
+2,700
| +2% | +$26K |
|
2006
NVE Corp
NVEC
$328M
| $1.16M | ﹤0.01% |
19,900
-12,600
| -39% | -$734K |
|
|
TRK
2007
DELISTED
Speedway Motorsports, Inc.
TRK
| $1.16M | ﹤0.01% |
58,441
-5,059
| -8% | -$100K |
|
|
FBNK
2008
DELISTED
First Connecticut Bancorp, Inc
FBNK
| $1.16M | ﹤0.01% |
71,700
-10,500
| -13% | -$169K |
|
2009
Ormat Technologies
ORA
$5.53B
| $1.16M | ﹤0.01% |
42,454
+3,496
| +9% | +$95.1K |
|
2010
Plug Power
PLUG
$1.76B
| $1.16M | ﹤0.01% |
744,885
-1,020,000
| -58% | -$1.58M |
|
|
CCEC
2011
Capital Clean Energy Carriers Corp. Common Share
CCEC
$1.21B
| $1.15M | ﹤0.01% |
15,730
+254
| +2% | +$18.6K |
|
2012
Viasat
VSAT
$4.1B
| $1.15M | ﹤0.01% |
18,393
-96,300
| -84% | -$6.03M |
|
|
SYUT
2013
DELISTED
Synutra International, Inc.
SYUT
| $1.15M | ﹤0.01% |
129,400
+23,900
| +23% | +$212K |
|
2014
Churchill Downs
CHDN
$6.75B
| $1.15M | ﹤0.01% |
76,650
-99,564
| -57% | -$1.49M |
|
2015
SPDR S&P Retail ETF
XRT
$436M
| $1.15M | ﹤0.01% |
+26,000
| New | +$1.15M |
|
2016
Crown Crafts
CRWS
$31.5M
| $1.14M | ﹤0.01% |
146,900
+24,800
| +20% | +$193K |
|
2017
National Research Corp
NRC
$369M
| $1.14M | ﹤0.01% |
60,400
-1,532
| -2% | -$28.8K |
|
|
TISA
2018
DELISTED
TOP Image Systems Ltd
TISA
| $1.13M | ﹤0.01% |
187,800
+3,300
| +2% | +$19.9K |
|
|
RT
2019
DELISTED
Ruby Tuesday Georgia
RT
| $1.13M | ﹤0.01% |
163,423
+27,848
| +21% | +$193K |
|
2020
DMC Global
BOOM
$145M
| $1.13M | ﹤0.01% |
52,067
+42,967
| +472% | +$934K |
|
|
KMG
2021
DELISTED
KMG Chemicals Inc
KMG
| $1.13M | ﹤0.01% |
67,024
+14,224
| +27% | +$240K |
|
2022
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals
MDGL
$9.63B
| $1.12M | ﹤0.01% |
+6,114
| New | +$1.12M |
|
2023
Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund
XLU
$21.3B
| $1.12M | ﹤0.01% |
+29,500
| New | +$1.12M |
|
2024
SPS Commerce
SPSC
$4B
| $1.12M | ﹤0.01% |
34,200
+21,000
| +159% | +$686K |
|
|
MKTG
2025
DELISTED
RESPONSYS INC COM STK (CA)
MKTG
| $1.12M | ﹤0.01% |
40,700
-98,200
| -71% | -$2.69M |
|