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 |
Amazon
AMZN
|
$429M |
| 2 |
Gilead Sciences
GILD
|
$303M |
| 3 |
Visa
V
|
$256M |
| 4 |
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
|
$218M |
| 5 |
Union Pacific
UNP
|
$211M |
Top Sells
| 1 |
McDonald's
MCD
|
$351M |
| 2 |
SWY
SAFEWAY INC
SWY
|
$210M |
| 3 |
TSMC
TSM
|
$174M |
| 4 |
GSK
GSK
|
$157M |
| 5 |
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
|
$148M |
Sector Composition
| 1 | Healthcare | 13.05% |
| 2 | Technology | 11.88% |
| 3 | Consumer Discretionary | 11.2% |
| 4 | Industrials | 10.91% |
| 5 | Consumer Staples | 9.86% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Shares Change % | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
Colgate-Palmolive
CL
$67.9B
| $884M | 1.88% | 12,743,100 +167,700 | +1% | +$11.6M |
|
2
Novo Nordisk
NVO
$251B
| $775M | 1.65% | 14,513,600 -1,101,000 | -7% | -$58.8M |
|
3
Alaska Air
ALK
$7.24B
| $452M | 0.96% | 6,823,300 -988,300 | -13% | -$65.4M |
|
|
4
Amazon
AMZN
$2.44T
| $429M | 0.91% | +1,152,855 | New | +$429M |
|
|
LLTC
5
DELISTED
Linear Technology Corp
LLTC
| $417M | 0.89% | 8,910,600 -1,075,100 | -11% | -$50.3M |
|
|
6
Gilead Sciences
GILD
$140B
| $396M | 0.84% | 4,032,048 +3,090,648 | +328% | +$303M |
|
7
Domino's
DPZ
$15.6B
| $347M | 0.74% | 3,448,900 -158,900 | -4% | -$16M |
|
8
Hershey
HSY
$37.3B
| $334M | 0.71% | 3,311,700 -994,900 | -23% | -$100M |
|
9
VeriSign
VRSN
$25.5B
| $327M | 0.7% | 4,881,176 +316,600 | +7% | +$21.2M |
|
10
Becton Dickinson
BDX
$55.3B
| $281M | 0.6% | 1,953,666 -695,034 | -26% | -$99.8M |
|
|
11
Visa
V
$683B
| $280M | 0.6% | 4,281,900 +3,907,100 | +1,042% | +$256M |
|
12
Apple
AAPL
$3.45T
| $276M | 0.59% | 2,218,933 +464,300 | +26% | +$57.8M |
|
13
NetEase
NTES
$86.2B
| $271M | 0.58% | 2,577,200 -68,400 | -3% | -$7.2M |
|
14
Allegiant Air
ALGT
$1.15B
| $244M | 0.52% | 1,269,900 -103,600 | -8% | -$19.9M |
|
15
Amgen
AMGN
$155B
| $244M | 0.52% | 1,524,045 +1,053,600 | +224% | +$168M |
|
16
Huntington Ingalls Industries
HII
$10.6B
| $237M | 0.5% | 1,688,500 +36,400 | +2% | +$5.1M |
|
17
Ryanair
RYAAY
$33.7B
| $234M | 0.5% | 3,501,683 -38,513 | -1% | -$2.57M |
|
|
LVLT
18
DELISTED
Level 3 Communications Inc
LVLT
| $226M | 0.48% | 4,203,353 -927 | -0% | -$49.9K |
|
19
Cboe Global Markets
CBOE
$24.7B
| $221M | 0.47% | 3,847,600 +99,200 | +3% | +$5.69M |
|
20
PepsiCo
PEP
$204B
| $220M | 0.47% | 2,302,462 -148,500 | -6% | -$14.2M |
|
|
21
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.86T
| $218M | 0.46% | +2,646,695 | New | +$218M |
|
22
AstraZeneca
AZN
$248B
| $216M | 0.46% | 3,154,400 +866,500 | +38% | +$59.3M |
|
23
Intel
INTC
$107B
| $215M | 0.46% | 6,871,594 +6,624,500 | +2,681% | +$207M |
|
|
24
Union Pacific
UNP
$133B
| $211M | 0.45% | +1,947,332 | New | +$211M |
|
25
Coca-Cola
KO
$297B
| $204M | 0.43% | 5,035,500 +3,087,201 | +158% | +$125M |
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