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 |
CVS Health
CVS
|
$349M |
| 2 |
Nike
NKE
|
$280M |
| 3 |
Home Depot
HD
|
$262M |
| 4 |
Amazon
AMZN
|
$167M |
| 5 |
Mastercard
MA
|
$166M |
Top Sells
| 1 |
PepsiCo
PEP
|
$232M |
| 2 |
Coca-Cola
KO
|
$226M |
| 3 |
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
|
$213M |
| 4 |
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
|
$203M |
| 5 |
B
Barrick Mining Corporation
B
|
$193M |
Sector Composition
| 1 | Technology | 13.83% |
| 2 | Healthcare | 12.18% |
| 3 | Financials | 11.43% |
| 4 | Industrials | 8.95% |
| 5 | Consumer Discretionary | 8.9% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Shares Change % | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
Novo Nordisk
NVO
$251B
| $696M | 1.33% | 12,949,800 +174,100 | +1% | +$9.36M |
|
2
Colgate-Palmolive
CL
$67.9B
| $570M | 1.09% | 7,792,900 -2,088,600 | -21% | -$153M |
|
|
3
Mastercard
MA
$538B
| $474M | 0.9% | 5,384,700 +1,886,800 | +54% | +$166M |
|
4
NetEase
NTES
$86.2B
| $462M | 0.88% | 2,391,700 +204,000 | +9% | +$39.4M |
|
|
B
5
Barrick Mining Corporation
B
$45.4B
| $373M | 0.71% | 17,475,502 -9,021,000 | -34% | -$193M |
|
|
6
CVS Health
CVS
$92.8B
| $368M | 0.7% | 3,842,105 +3,647,000 | +1,869% | +$349M |
|
7
VeriSign
VRSN
$25.5B
| $353M | 0.67% | 4,081,176 -83,124 | -2% | -$7.19M |
|
|
LLTC
8
DELISTED
Linear Technology Corp
LLTC
| $344M | 0.66% | 7,395,600 -149,500 | -2% | -$6.96M |
|
9
Cboe Global Markets
CBOE
$24.7B
| $300M | 0.57% | 4,508,000 +71,300 | +2% | +$4.75M |
|
|
10
Nike
NKE
$114B
| $280M | 0.53% | +5,066,500 | New | +$280M |
|
|
11
Home Depot
HD
$405B
| $262M | 0.5% | +2,050,200 | New | +$262M |
|
|
BCR
12
DELISTED
CR Bard Inc.
BCR
| $250M | 0.48% | 1,063,200 -292,100 | -22% | -$68.7M |
|
13
Entergy
ETR
$39.3B
| $231M | 0.44% | 2,833,711 +325,811 | +13% | +$26.5M |
|
14
Duke Energy
DUK
$95.3B
| $230M | 0.44% | 2,677,667 -1,339,300 | -33% | -$115M |
|
|
EMC
15
DELISTED
EMC CORPORATION
EMC
| $228M | 0.43% | 8,380,900 +1,380,500 | +20% | +$37.5M |
|
16
Sempra
SRE
$53.9B
| $223M | 0.42% | 1,953,500 -145,700 | -7% | -$16.6M |
|
17
Edwards Lifesciences
EW
$47.8B
| $221M | 0.42% | 2,213,800 +548,000 | +33% | +$54.7M |
|
18
Domino's
DPZ
$15.6B
| $218M | 0.41% | 1,658,400 -669,600 | -29% | -$88M |
|
|
GAS
19
DELISTED
AGL RESOURCES INC (HOLDING CO)
GAS
| $216M | 0.41% | 3,279,161 +1,278,100 | +64% | +$84.3M |
|
20
Kinross Gold
KGC
$25.5B
| $204M | 0.39% | 41,769,572 -5,380,302 | -11% | -$26.3M |
|
21
NVIDIA
NVDA
$4.24T
| $193M | 0.37% | 4,105,293 +865,900 | +27% | +$40.7M |
|
22
Novartis
NVS
$245B
| $187M | 0.36% | 2,260,598 -1,003,900 | -31% | -$82.8M |
|
23
Herbalife
HLF
$1.01B
| $185M | 0.35% | 3,156,000 +363,300 | +13% | +$21.3M |
|
24
Alaska Air
ALK
$7.24B
| $184M | 0.35% | 3,156,900 -863,600 | -21% | -$50.3M |
|
25
AstraZeneca
AZN
$248B
| $180M | 0.34% | 5,966,100 +283,300 | +5% | +$8.55M |
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