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 | 10.48% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Shares Change % | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
VIAB
201
DELISTED
Viacom Inc. Class B
VIAB
| $45.3M | 0.11% |
+518,900
| New | +$45.3M |
|
202
West Pharmaceutical
WST
$18B
| $45.1M | 0.11% |
920,000
+244,100
| +36% | +$12M |
|
203
Healthpeak Properties
DOC
$12.8B
| $45.1M | 0.11% |
1,362,508
+267,363
| +24% | +$8.84M |
|
204
Lamar Advertising Co
LAMR
$13B
| $44.8M | 0.11% |
857,612
+360,900
| +73% | +$18.9M |
|
205
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.89T
| $44.7M | 0.11% |
817,300
-241,300
| -23% | -$13.2M |
|
206
F5
FFIV
$18.1B
| $44.4M | 0.11% |
+488,774
| New | +$44.4M |
|
207
Packaging Corp of America
PKG
$19.8B
| $44.3M | 0.11% |
699,600
+277,800
| +66% | +$17.6M |
|
208
Ralph Lauren
RL
$18.9B
| $44.2M | 0.11% |
250,100
-188,000
| -43% | -$33.2M |
|
209
Nu Skin
NUS
$569M
| $44M | 0.11% |
318,200
-220,700
| -41% | -$30.5M |
|
210
Broadcom
AVGO
$1.58T
| $43.9M | 0.11% |
8,309,000
-7,912,000
| -49% | -$41.8M |
|
211
Usana Health Sciences
USNA
$581M
| $43.9M | 0.11% |
1,162,400
+142,200
| +14% | +$5.37M |
|
212
Applied Materials
AMAT
$130B
| $43.9M | 0.11% |
2,481,848
+2,020,300
| +438% | +$35.7M |
|
213
Grand Canyon Education
LOPE
$5.74B
| $43.6M | 0.1% |
1,000,200
+73,900
| +8% | +$3.22M |
|
214
Tapestry
TPR
$21.7B
| $43.3M | 0.1% |
770,700
-609,600
| -44% | -$34.2M |
|
215
BHP
BHP
$138B
| $43.1M | 0.1% |
748,029
+437,819
| +141% | +$25.2M |
|
|
CEL
216
DELISTED
Cellcom Israel, Ltd.
CEL
| $43M | 0.1% |
3,089,854
+231,677
| +8% | +$3.22M |
|
217
Bausch Health
BHC
$2.72B
| $42.8M | 0.1% |
+364,189
| New | +$42.8M |
|
218
Credit Acceptance
CACC
$5.87B
| $42.6M | 0.1% |
327,500
-15,300
| -4% | -$1.99M |
|
219
AutoNation
AN
$8.55B
| $42.4M | 0.1% |
853,700
-26,000
| -3% | -$1.29M |
|
220
Thomson Reuters
TRI
$78.7B
| $42.3M | 0.1% |
978,398
+940,676
| +2,494% | +$40.6M |
|
|
SPLK
221
DELISTED
Splunk Inc
SPLK
| $42.2M | 0.1% |
614,900
-102,400
| -14% | -$7.03M |
|
|
VALE.P
222
DELISTED
Vale S A
VALE.P
| $42.1M | 0.1% |
3,005,400
+643,200
| +27% | +$9.01M |
|
223
Genworth Financial
GNW
$3.52B
| $42.1M | 0.1% |
2,708,200
-1,461,700
| -35% | -$22.7M |
|
|
QCOR
224
DELISTED
QUESTCOR PHARMA INC
QCOR
| $41.9M | 0.1% |
769,400
-105,300
| -12% | -$5.73M |
|
225
EQT Corp
EQT
$32.2B
| $41.7M | 0.1% |
853,838
+662,606
| +346% | +$32.4M |
|