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 |
IBM
IBM
|
$320M |
| 2 |
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
|
$221M |
| 3 |
GE Aerospace
GE
|
$156M |
| 4 |
Walt Disney
DIS
|
$154M |
| 5 |
Target
TGT
|
$145M |
Top Sells
| 1 |
Apple
AAPL
|
$283M |
| 2 |
Eli Lilly
LLY
|
$203M |
| 3 |
Microsoft
MSFT
|
$199M |
| 4 |
Bristol-Myers Squibb
BMY
|
$194M |
| 5 |
Citigroup
C
|
$177M |
Sector Composition
| 1 | Technology | 14.01% |
| 2 | Healthcare | 12.1% |
| 3 | Consumer Discretionary | 12% |
| 4 | Consumer Staples | 11.91% |
| 5 | Industrials | 10.23% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Shares Change % | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
McDonald's
MCD
$224B
| $718M | 1.74% | 7,462,400 +1,107,500 | +17% | +$107M |
|
2
Novo Nordisk
NVO
$251B
| $531M | 1.29% | 3,136,200 +341,600 | +12% | +$57.8M |
|
|
3
IBM
IBM
$227B
| $524M | 1.27% | 2,831,400 +1,727,300 | +156% | +$320M |
|
4
Colgate-Palmolive
CL
$67.9B
| $455M | 1.1% | 7,665,500 -42,300 | -0.5% | -$2.51M |
|
5
Hershey
HSY
$37.3B
| $429M | 1.04% | 4,638,600 +778,900 | +20% | +$72M |
|
|
LLTC
6
DELISTED
Linear Technology Corp
LLTC
| $425M | 1.03% | 10,712,300 +739,700 | +7% | +$29.3M |
|
|
7
Eli Lilly
LLY
$657B
| $417M | 1.01% | 8,287,805 -4,038,400 | -33% | -$203M |
|
8
TSMC
TSM
$1.2T
| $387M | 0.94% | 22,802,351 -5,148,320 | -18% | -$87.3M |
|
|
WFM
9
DELISTED
Whole Foods Market Inc
WFM
| $323M | 0.78% | 5,524,248 +284,300 | +5% | +$16.6M |
|
10
Philip Morris
PM
$260B
| $309M | 0.75% | 3,565,500 +484,800 | +16% | +$42M |
|
|
11
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$427B
| $284M | 0.69% | 3,275,300 +2,547,900 | +350% | +$221M |
|
12
TJX Companies
TJX
$152B
| $283M | 0.69% | 5,013,800 +375,000 | +8% | +$21.1M |
|
13
Intel
INTC
$107B
| $282M | 0.68% | 12,296,994 -1,404,206 | -10% | -$32.2M |
|
14
Walmart
WMT
$774B
| $280M | 0.68% | 3,789,100 +616,300 | +19% | +$45.6M |
|
15
Gen Digital
GEN
$18.6B
| $275M | 0.67% | 11,122,738 +3,679,400 | +49% | +$91.1M |
|
16
Alaska Air
ALK
$7.24B
| $267M | 0.65% | 4,269,100 -321,000 | -7% | -$20.1M |
|
17
NetEase
NTES
$86.2B
| $262M | 0.63% | 3,602,700 +747,300 | +26% | +$54.3M |
|
18
VeriSign
VRSN
$25.5B
| $258M | 0.63% | 5,072,576 +962,700 | +23% | +$49M |
|
|
CELG
19
DELISTED
Celgene Corp
CELG
| $257M | 0.62% | 1,667,600 -571,669 | -26% | -$88.1M |
|
20
Verizon
VZ
$186B
| $243M | 0.59% | 5,209,317 +1,465,300 | +39% | +$68.4M |
|
21
Home Depot
HD
$405B
| $242M | 0.59% | 3,191,200 +1,525,900 | +92% | +$116M |
|
|
TWTC
22
DELISTED
TW TELECOM INC CL A COM
TWTC
| $219M | 0.53% | 7,328,200 +1,425,700 | +24% | +$42.6M |
|
23
CF Industries
CF
$14B
| $217M | 0.53% | 1,028,500 -82,050 | -7% | -$17.3M |
|
24
Qualcomm
QCOM
$173B
| $216M | 0.52% | 3,207,760 +1,635,600 | +104% | +$110M |
|
25
Biogen
BIIB
$19.4B
| $209M | 0.51% | 869,700 -523,800 | -38% | -$126M |
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