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 |
Alaska Air
ALK
|
$187M |
| 2 |
Bank of America
BAC
|
$107M |
| 3 |
VIAB
Viacom Inc. Class B
VIAB
|
$102M |
| 4 |
Oracle
ORCL
|
$101M |
| 5 |
ConocoPhillips
COP
|
$97.9M |
Top Sells
| 1 |
Apple
AAPL
|
$518M |
| 2 |
Intel
INTC
|
$500M |
| 3 |
IBM
IBM
|
$305M |
| 4 |
Pfizer
PFE
|
$286M |
| 5 |
United Parcel Service
UPS
|
$207M |
Sector Composition
| 1 | Technology | 13.48% |
| 2 | Healthcare | 12.29% |
| 3 | Consumer Staples | 10.99% |
| 4 | Consumer Discretionary | 10.58% |
| 5 | Industrials | 10.29% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Shares Change % | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
Novo Nordisk
NVO
$251B
| $767M | 2.1% | 16,106,100 -846,900 | -5% | -$40.3M |
|
2
Colgate-Palmolive
CL
$67.9B
| $719M | 1.97% | 11,022,700 +1,417,200 | +15% | +$92.4M |
|
3
McDonald's
MCD
$224B
| $652M | 1.78% | 6,875,100 -1,418,800 | -17% | -$135M |
|
|
LLTC
4
DELISTED
Linear Technology Corp
LLTC
| $497M | 1.36% | 11,192,000 -540,400 | -5% | -$24M |
|
5
Hershey
HSY
$37.3B
| $469M | 1.28% | 4,913,500 -702,000 | -13% | -$67M |
|
6
TSMC
TSM
$1.2T
| $434M | 1.19% | 21,506,551 -4,847,600 | -18% | -$97.8M |
|
|
7
Alaska Air
ALK
$7.24B
| $390M | 1.07% | 8,948,200 +4,293,200 | +92% | +$187M |
|
|
TWTC
8
DELISTED
TW TELECOM INC CL A COM
TWTC
| $380M | 1.04% | 9,134,236 -62,564 | -0.7% | -$2.6M |
|
9
GSK
GSK
$79.9B
| $314M | 0.86% | 6,827,600 -2,041,800 | -23% | -$93.9M |
|
10
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$427B
| $282M | 0.77% | 2,643,000 -502,500 | -16% | -$53.6M |
|
11
Domino's
DPZ
$15.6B
| $258M | 0.71% | 3,355,100 -338,700 | -9% | -$26.1M |
|
12
Becton Dickinson
BDX
$55.3B
| $250M | 0.69% | 2,198,100 +647,400 | +42% | +$73.7M |
|
13
VeriSign
VRSN
$25.5B
| $244M | 0.67% | 4,432,976 -148,100 | -3% | -$8.16M |
|
14
NetEase
NTES
$86.2B
| $237M | 0.65% | 2,768,700 -113,400 | -4% | -$9.71M |
|
15
Ryanair
RYAAY
$33.7B
| $196M | 0.54% | 3,476,396 +228,000 | +7% | +$12.9M |
|
16
Costco
COST
$418B
| $195M | 0.53% | 1,554,913 +504,013 | +48% | +$63.2M |
|
17
Cboe Global Markets
CBOE
$24.7B
| $194M | 0.53% | 3,618,100 +6,400 | +0.2% | +$343K |
|
18
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.86T
| $181M | 0.5% | 2,291,235 +729,735 | +47% | +$57.7M |
|
19
Huntington Ingalls Industries
HII
$10.6B
| $181M | 0.5% | 1,737,800 -36,900 | -2% | -$3.85M |
|
20
Exxon Mobil
XOM
$487B
| $175M | 0.48% | 1,858,791 +542,700 | +41% | +$51M |
|
21
Allegiant Air
ALGT
$1.15B
| $171M | 0.47% | 1,381,600 +23,500 | +2% | +$2.91M |
|
22
Kimberly-Clark
KMB
$42.8B
| $165M | 0.45% | 1,534,000 +189,600 | +14% | +$20.4M |
|
23
Amdocs
DOX
$9.41B
| $159M | 0.44% | 3,466,600 +231,000 | +7% | +$10.6M |
|
24
PLDT
PHI
$4.42B
| $158M | 0.43% | 2,294,100 +31,000 | +1% | +$2.14M |
|
25
TJX Companies
TJX
$152B
| $148M | 0.4% | 2,495,400 -1,842,800 | -42% | -$109M |
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