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
+5%
1 Year Return
+41.49%
3 Year Return
+105.58%
5 Year Return
+199.51%
10 Year Return
+593.04%
AUM
$90.7B
AUM Growth
+$5.73B
Cap. Flow
+$2.4B
Cap. Flow %
2.65%
Top 10 Hldgs %
8.4%
Holding
3,693
New
523
Increased
1,725
Reduced
1,031
Closed
388

Sector Composition

1 Healthcare 16.06%
2 Technology 13.75%
3 Financials 10.21%
4 Industrials 9.64%
5 Consumer Discretionary 9.38%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
IRDM icon
2126
Iridium Communications
IRDM
$1.89B
$2.92M ﹤0.01%
247,799
+33,100
+15% +$391K
UL icon
2127
Unilever
UL
$154B
$2.92M ﹤0.01%
+52,800
New +$2.92M
WERN icon
2128
Werner Enterprises
WERN
$1.68B
$2.89M ﹤0.01%
+74,763
New +$2.89M
NXEO
2129
DELISTED
Nexeo Solutions, Inc. Common Stock
NXEO
$2.89M ﹤0.01%
+317,500
New +$2.89M
GLRE icon
2130
Greenlight Captial
GLRE
$426M
$2.89M ﹤0.01%
143,700
-155,275
-52% -$3.12M
MSBI icon
2131
Midland States Bancorp
MSBI
$385M
$2.89M ﹤0.01%
88,908
-57,100
-39% -$1.85M
CTO
2132
CTO Realty Growth
CTO
$544M
$2.88M ﹤0.01%
167,254
+41,630
+33% +$718K
HAYN
2133
DELISTED
Haynes International, Inc.
HAYN
$2.88M ﹤0.01%
+89,746
New +$2.88M
SYNC
2134
DELISTED
Synacor, Inc.
SYNC
$2.87M ﹤0.01%
1,248,300
-15,900
-1% -$36.6K
BSF
2135
DELISTED
Bear State Financial, Inc.
BSF
$2.87M ﹤0.01%
280,374
+46,500
+20% +$476K
GPX
2136
DELISTED
GP Strategies Corp.
GPX
$2.86M ﹤0.01%
123,294
+115,034
+1,393% +$2.67M
TR icon
2137
Tootsie Roll Industries
TR
$2.92B
$2.86M ﹤0.01%
99,428
-60,551
-38% -$1.74M
VNQI icon
2138
Vanguard Global ex-US Real Estate ETF
VNQI
$3.62B
$2.86M ﹤0.01%
+47,200
New +$2.86M
EWBC icon
2139
East-West Bancorp
EWBC
$15.1B
$2.83M ﹤0.01%
+46,533
New +$2.83M
WWW icon
2140
Wolverine World Wide
WWW
$2.48B
$2.83M ﹤0.01%
+88,800
New +$2.83M
AU icon
2141
AngloGold Ashanti
AU
$33.5B
$2.83M ﹤0.01%
277,700
-62,208
-18% -$634K
SAMG icon
2142
Silvercrest Asset Management
SAMG
$137M
$2.82M ﹤0.01%
175,800
+27,287
+18% +$438K
RENX
2143
DELISTED
RELX N.V.
RENX
$2.82M ﹤0.01%
122,079
-45,856
-27% -$1.06M
EVOL
2144
DELISTED
Evolving Systems, Inc.
EVOL
$2.8M ﹤0.01%
596,499
+26,733
+5% +$126K
DERM
2145
DELISTED
Dermira, Inc.
DERM
$2.8M ﹤0.01%
100,600
+3,700
+4% +$103K
VG
2146
DELISTED
Vonage Holdings Corporation
VG
$2.79M ﹤0.01%
274,626
+140,800
+105% +$1.43M
GBL
2147
DELISTED
GAMCO Investors, Inc.
GBL
$2.79M ﹤0.01%
94,000
+42,400
+82% +$1.26M
SCS icon
2148
Steelcase
SCS
$1.93B
$2.78M ﹤0.01%
183,093
+170,793
+1,389% +$2.6M
IBP icon
2149
Installed Building Products
IBP
$7.27B
$2.77M ﹤0.01%
36,500
-17,700
-33% -$1.34M
QTRH
2150
DELISTED
Quarterhill Inc. Common Shares
QTRH
$2.77M ﹤0.01%
1,502,700
-27,200
-2% -$50K