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 |
PepsiCo
PEP
|
$225M |
| 2 |
General Dynamics
GD
|
$198M |
| 3 |
Apple
AAPL
|
$194M |
| 4 |
LVLT
Level 3 Communications Inc
LVLT
|
$187M |
| 5 |
SWY
SAFEWAY INC
SWY
|
$183M |
Top Sells
| 1 |
TWTC
TW TELECOM INC CL A COM
TWTC
|
$380M |
| 2 |
McDonald's
MCD
|
$284M |
| 3 |
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
|
$181M |
| 4 |
Exxon Mobil
XOM
|
$152M |
| 5 |
TJX Companies
TJX
|
$148M |
Sector Composition
| 1 | Technology | 13.51% |
| 2 | Consumer Staples | 12.97% |
| 3 | Healthcare | 12.48% |
| 4 | Industrials | 11.26% |
| 5 | Financials | 9.07% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Shares Change % | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
Colgate-Palmolive
CL
$67.9B
| $870M | 2.1% | 12,575,400 +1,552,700 | +14% | +$107M |
|
2
Novo Nordisk
NVO
$251B
| $661M | 1.6% | 15,614,600 -491,500 | -3% | -$20.8M |
|
3
Alaska Air
ALK
$7.24B
| $467M | 1.13% | 7,811,600 -1,136,600 | -13% | -$67.9M |
|
|
LLTC
4
DELISTED
Linear Technology Corp
LLTC
| $455M | 1.1% | 9,985,700 -1,206,300 | -11% | -$55M |
|
5
Hershey
HSY
$37.3B
| $448M | 1.08% | 4,306,600 -606,900 | -12% | -$63.1M |
|
6
Becton Dickinson
BDX
$55.3B
| $369M | 0.89% | 2,648,700 +450,600 | +20% | +$62.7M |
|
|
7
McDonald's
MCD
$224B
| $360M | 0.87% | 3,842,600 -3,032,500 | -44% | -$284M |
|
8
TSMC
TSM
$1.2T
| $349M | 0.84% | 15,607,071 -5,899,480 | -27% | -$132M |
|
9
Domino's
DPZ
$15.6B
| $340M | 0.82% | 3,607,800 +252,700 | +8% | +$23.8M |
|
10
Costco
COST
$418B
| $277M | 0.67% | 1,955,213 +400,300 | +26% | +$56.7M |
|
11
NetEase
NTES
$86.2B
| $262M | 0.63% | 2,645,600 -123,100 | -4% | -$12.2M |
|
12
VeriSign
VRSN
$25.5B
| $260M | 0.63% | 4,564,576 +131,600 | +3% | +$7.5M |
|
13
GSK
GSK
$79.9B
| $257M | 0.62% | 6,006,800 -820,800 | -12% | -$35.1M |
|
14
Ryanair
RYAAY
$33.7B
| $252M | 0.61% | 3,540,196 +63,800 | +2% | +$4.55M |
|
15
Procter & Gamble
PG
$368B
| $249M | 0.6% | 2,735,899 +1,970,499 | +257% | +$179M |
|
16
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$427B
| $244M | 0.59% | 2,336,700 -306,300 | -12% | -$32M |
|
17
Cboe Global Markets
CBOE
$24.7B
| $238M | 0.57% | 3,748,400 +130,300 | +4% | +$8.26M |
|
|
18
PepsiCo
PEP
$204B
| $232M | 0.56% | 2,450,962 +2,377,562 | +3,239% | +$225M |
|
19
Kimberly-Clark
KMB
$42.8B
| $212M | 0.51% | 1,836,000 +302,000 | +20% | +$34.9M |
|
20
Chipotle Mexican Grill
CMG
$56.5B
| $210M | 0.51% | 307,200 +93,600 | +44% | +$64.1M |
|
|
SWY
21
DELISTED
SAFEWAY INC
SWY
| $210M | 0.51% | 5,980,800 +5,215,900 | +682% | +$183M |
|
22
Philip Morris
PM
$260B
| $208M | 0.5% | 2,551,000 +1,295,400 | +103% | +$106M |
|
|
LVLT
23
DELISTED
Level 3 Communications Inc
LVLT
| $208M | 0.5% | 4,204,280 +3,790,259 | +915% | +$187M |
|
24
Allegiant Air
ALGT
$1.15B
| $206M | 0.5% | 1,373,500 -8,100 | -0.6% | -$1.22M |
|
25
Bank of America
BAC
$376B
| $205M | 0.49% | 11,451,166 +4,595,300 | +67% | +$82.2M |
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