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 |
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
|
$383M |
| 2 |
Costco
COST
|
$267M |
| 3 |
Pfizer
PFE
|
$231M |
| 4 |
Microsoft
MSFT
|
$230M |
| 5 |
Bristol-Myers Squibb
BMY
|
$227M |
Top Sells
| 1 |
CVS Health
CVS
|
$258M |
| 2 |
EMC
EMC CORPORATION
EMC
|
$228M |
| 3 |
GAS
AGL RESOURCES INC (HOLDING CO)
GAS
|
$216M |
| 4 |
Charter Communications
CHTR
|
$142M |
| 5 |
TE
TECO ENERGY INC
TE
|
$136M |
Sector Composition
| 1 | Technology | 15.67% |
| 2 | Healthcare | 12.42% |
| 3 | Financials | 11.99% |
| 4 | Consumer Staples | 9.63% |
| 5 | Industrials | 9.22% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Shares Change % | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
Novo Nordisk
NVO
$251B
| $609M | 1.08% | 14,653,500 +1,703,700 | +13% | +$70.9M |
|
2
Mastercard
MA
$538B
| $574M | 1.02% | 5,644,100 +259,400 | +5% | +$26.4M |
|
|
LLTC
3
DELISTED
Linear Technology Corp
LLTC
| $517M | 0.91% | 8,714,900 +1,319,300 | +18% | +$78.2M |
|
4
Colgate-Palmolive
CL
$67.9B
| $508M | 0.9% | 6,848,000 -944,900 | -12% | -$70.1M |
|
5
NetEase
NTES
$86.2B
| $480M | 0.85% | 1,993,100 -398,600 | -17% | -$96M |
|
|
6
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$2.57T
| $421M | 0.74% | 524,048 +476,648 | +1,006% | +$383M |
|
7
VeriSign
VRSN
$25.5B
| $369M | 0.65% | 4,713,376 +632,200 | +15% | +$49.5M |
|
|
8
Microsoft
MSFT
$3.77T
| $351M | 0.62% | 6,096,584 +3,985,384 | +189% | +$230M |
|
|
9
Costco
COST
$418B
| $318M | 0.56% | 2,086,213 +1,748,513 | +518% | +$267M |
|
10
Amgen
AMGN
$155B
| $316M | 0.56% | 1,896,341 +719,896 | +61% | +$120M |
|
|
11
Pfizer
PFE
$141B
| $290M | 0.51% | 8,566,241 +6,820,841 | +391% | +$231M |
|
12
Cboe Global Markets
CBOE
$24.7B
| $290M | 0.51% | 4,466,000 -42,000 | -0.9% | -$2.72M |
|
13
Duke Energy
DUK
$95.3B
| $263M | 0.46% | 3,282,967 +605,300 | +23% | +$48.4M |
|
14
Home Depot
HD
$405B
| $257M | 0.45% | 1,994,700 -55,500 | -3% | -$7.14M |
|
|
15
Bristol-Myers Squibb
BMY
$96B
| $256M | 0.45% | 4,740,200 +4,203,200 | +783% | +$227M |
|
16
Entergy
ETR
$39.3B
| $247M | 0.44% | 3,223,800 +390,089 | +14% | +$29.9M |
|
17
Walt Disney
DIS
$213B
| $246M | 0.44% | 2,653,207 +1,901,100 | +253% | +$177M |
|
18
Palo Alto Networks
PANW
$127B
| $236M | 0.42% | 1,482,100 +349,000 | +31% | +$55.6M |
|
19
NVIDIA
NVDA
$4.24T
| $219M | 0.39% | 3,199,600 -905,693 | -22% | -$62.1M |
|
20
Domino's
DPZ
$15.6B
| $216M | 0.38% | 1,424,600 -233,800 | -14% | -$35.5M |
|
21
Chubb
CB
$110B
| $215M | 0.38% | 1,710,061 +673,499 | +65% | +$84.6M |
|
22
American Electric Power
AEP
$59.4B
| $214M | 0.38% | 3,329,208 +1,247,108 | +60% | +$80.1M |
|
23
SiriusXM
SIRI
$7.96B
| $213M | 0.38% | 51,037,500 +22,211,400 | +77% | +$92.6M |
|
|
24
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$2.58T
| $205M | 0.36% | 263,485 +168,985 | +179% | +$131M |
|
25
Walmart
WMT
$774B
| $202M | 0.36% | 2,794,500 +2,097,400 | +301% | +$151M |
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