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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
DRRX
2001
DELISTED
DURECT Corp
DRRX
| $3.78M | ﹤0.01% |
176,460
+108,320
| +159% | +$2.32M |
|
2002
Global Indemnity Group
GBLI
$428M
| $3.78M | ﹤0.01% |
109,364
+7,300
| +7% | +$252K |
|
2003
SPDR Bloomberg Short Term High Yield Bond ETF
SJNK
$4.87B
| $3.77M | ﹤0.01% |
137,600
-108,200
| -44% | -$2.96M |
|
|
GLUU
2004
DELISTED
Glu Mobile Inc.
GLUU
| $3.75M | ﹤0.01% |
995,600
-1,148,100
| -54% | -$4.33M |
|
2005
BBVA Argentina
BBAR
$1.84B
| $3.73M | ﹤0.01% |
163,416
+3,008
| +2% | +$68.6K |
|
2006
GoPro
GPRO
$327M
| $3.72M | ﹤0.01% |
+776,900
| New | +$3.72M |
|
2007
Espey Mfg & Electronics Corp
ESP
$149M
| $3.72M | ﹤0.01% |
141,800
+1,900
| +1% | +$49.8K |
|
|
CAMP
2008
DELISTED
CalAmp Corp.
CAMP
| $3.71M | ﹤0.01% |
7,057
+6,574
| +1,361% | +$3.46M |
|
2009
Clean Energy Fuels
CLNE
$526M
| $3.7M | ﹤0.01% |
2,240,278
+114,300
| +5% | +$189K |
|
2010
Gen Digital
GEN
$17.9B
| $3.7M | ﹤0.01% |
+142,938
| New | +$3.7M |
|
2011
iShares MSCI Japan ETF
EWJ
$15.7B
| $3.69M | ﹤0.01% |
60,800
+48,200
| +383% | +$2.92M |
|
|
WSTL
2012
DELISTED
Westell Technologies Inc
WSTL
| $3.69M | ﹤0.01% |
1,100,492
-20,759
| -2% | -$69.5K |
|
2013
Great Elm Group
GEG
$82.6M
| $3.68M | ﹤0.01% |
920,109
-39,400
| -4% | -$158K |
|
2014
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial
MUFG
$177B
| $3.67M | ﹤0.01% |
552,900
+223,000
| +68% | +$1.48M |
|
2015
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
BCRX
$1.66B
| $3.66M | ﹤0.01% |
767,803
+371,600
| +94% | +$1.77M |
|
|
BSF
2016
DELISTED
Bear State Financial, Inc.
BSF
| $3.66M | ﹤0.01% |
357,274
+76,900
| +27% | +$788K |
|
2017
Willdan Group
WLDN
$1.48B
| $3.66M | ﹤0.01% |
129,100
-130,200
| -50% | -$3.69M |
|
|
EMKR
2018
DELISTED
Emcore Corp
EMKR
| $3.66M | ﹤0.01% |
64,201
-33,919
| -35% | -$1.93M |
|
2019
Air T
AIRT
| $3.65M | ﹤0.01% |
216,600
-1,350
| -0.6% | -$22.8K |
|
2020
Viking Therapeutics
VKTX
$2.79B
| $3.64M | ﹤0.01% |
832,500
-70,800
| -8% | -$309K |
|
2021
City Holding Co
CHCO
$1.83B
| $3.61M | ﹤0.01% |
52,600
-18,400
| -26% | -$1.26M |
|
2022
Werner Enterprises
WERN
$1.68B
| $3.61M | ﹤0.01% |
98,763
+24,000
| +32% | +$876K |
|
2023
Fulton Financial
FULT
$3.54B
| $3.6M | ﹤0.01% |
+202,745
| New | +$3.6M |
|
2024
Aware
AWRE
$61.4M
| $3.58M | ﹤0.01% |
862,300
-14,174
| -2% | -$58.8K |
|
2025
First Bancorp
FBP
$3.49B
| $3.57M | ﹤0.01% |
+593,713
| New | +$3.57M |
|