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
$91.4B
AUM Growth
+$733M
Cap. Flow
Cap. Flow %
Top 10 Hldgs %
Holding
3,782
New
Increased
Reduced
Closed

Top Buys

1
+$738M
2
+$327M
3
+$282M
4
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Netflix
NFLX
+$263M
5
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Comcast
CMCSA
+$251M

Top Sells

1
+$726M
2
+$352M
3
+$331M
4
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GE Aerospace
GE
+$315M
5
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NetEase
NTES
+$307M

Sector Composition

1 Healthcare 16.7%
2 Technology 14.08%
3 Consumer Discretionary 11.09%
4 Financials 10.92%
5 Industrials 8.51%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
1
$991M 1.08%
9,078,262
+2,581,000
2
$919M 1.01%
14,528,300
+225,400
3
$873M 0.96%
3,249,100
+7,400
4
$842M 0.92%
34,182,600
+2,720,200
5
$825M 0.9%
3,532,100
+245,700
6
$821M 0.9%
6,926,876
+100,822
7
$807M 0.88%
26,676,600
+402,000
8
$743M 0.81%
2,958,600
+344,500
9
$738M 0.81%
+10,199,100
10
$669M 0.73%
3,925,300
-654,145
11
$661M 0.72%
9,223,600
+621,700
12
$634M 0.69%
5,780,903
+385,103
13
$629M 0.69%
3,526,700
+271,300
14
$612M 0.67%
4,446,030
+124,230
15
$519M 0.57%
249,399
+157,400
16
$514M 0.56%
4,506,500
-13,500
17
$497M 0.54%
85,879,720
-4,372,000
18
$465M 0.51%
2,850,917
+3,000
19
$461M 0.5%
4,642,131
-1,111,000
20
$458M 0.5%
3,777,300
+1,121,200
21
$423M 0.46%
2,908,300
+204,400
22
$400M 0.44%
2,088,904
+209,100
23
$396M 0.43%
5,776,800
+549,500
24
$388M 0.42%
5,543,100
+2,163,900
25
$385M 0.42%
7,839,270
-845,278
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