Renaissance Technologies

Renaissance Technologies Portfolio holdings

AUM $75.2B
1-Year Est. Return 41.49%
 

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.

This Quarter Est. Return
1 Year Est. Return
+41.49%
3 Year Est. Return
5 Year Est. Return
10 Year Est. Return
AUM
$85B
AUM Growth
+$6.62B
Cap. Flow
Cap. Flow %
Top 10 Hldgs %
Holding
3,587
New
Increased
Reduced
Closed

Top Buys

1
+$464M
2
+$299M
3
+$289M
4
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Netflix
NFLX
+$273M
5
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Micron Technology
MU
+$265M

Top Sells

1
+$290M
2
+$285M
3
+$269M
4
RAI
Reynolds American Inc
RAI
+$245M
5
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Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
+$237M

Sector Composition

1 Healthcare 15.71%
2 Technology 15.39%
3 Financials 11.4%
4 Industrials 9.47%
5 Consumer Staples 8.47%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
1
$892M 1.05%
3,660,100
+929,000
2
$829M 0.98%
10,230,899
-176,949
3
$730M 0.86%
3,917,700
+517,555
4
$717M 0.84%
160,404,000
-29,947,720
5
$708M 0.83%
13,415,250
-214,750
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$700M 0.82%
9,604,100
-149,300
7
$691M 0.81%
28,722,600
+1,654,000
8
$691M 0.81%
10,846,600
-2,641,600
9
$640M 0.75%
3,222,300
+161,400
10
$629M 0.74%
5,909,776
+864,300
11
$613M 0.72%
5,500,700
-142,000
12
$560M 0.66%
4,306,200
-1,826,000
13
$533M 0.63%
22,187,400
+9,303,600
14
$498M 0.59%
6,397,513
+5,963,513
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$491M 0.58%
4,914,000
+38,497
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$472M 0.56%
4,389,700
+19,704
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$472M 0.56%
18,129,000
+2,939,700
18
$455M 0.54%
1,418,500
+122,900
19
$448M 0.53%
3,857,400
+1,093,500
20
$434M 0.51%
2,652,800
+773,400
21
$385M 0.45%
2,123,600
+1,504,300
22
$383M 0.45%
7,550,160
+79,760
23
$379M 0.45%
2,037,200
+449,519
24
$371M 0.44%
2,600,761
+196,300
25
$353M 0.42%
2,500,100
-1,903,800
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