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
|
$738M |
| 2 |
Booking.com
BKNG
|
$327M |
| 3 |
PepsiCo
PEP
|
$282M |
| 4 |
Netflix
NFLX
|
$263M |
| 5 |
Comcast
CMCSA
|
$251M |
Top Sells
| 1 |
Exxon Mobil
XOM
|
$726M |
| 2 |
Walmart
WMT
|
$352M |
| 3 |
Becton Dickinson
BDX
|
$331M |
| 4 |
GE Aerospace
GE
|
$315M |
| 5 |
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 |
Shares Change % | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
PepsiCo
PEP
$204B
| $991M | 1.08% | 9,078,262 +2,581,000 | +40% | +$282M |
|
2
Bristol-Myers Squibb
BMY
$96B
| $919M | 1.01% | 14,528,300 +225,400 | +2% | +$14.3M |
|
3
Humana
HUM
$36.5B
| $873M | 0.96% | 3,249,100 +7,400 | +0.2% | +$1.99M |
|
4
Novo Nordisk
NVO
$251B
| $842M | 0.92% | 17,091,300 +1,360,100 | +9% | +$67M |
|
5
Domino's
DPZ
$15.6B
| $825M | 0.9% | 3,532,100 +245,700 | +7% | +$57.4M |
|
6
VeriSign
VRSN
$25.5B
| $821M | 0.9% | 6,926,876 +100,822 | +1% | +$12M |
|
7
Palo Alto Networks
PANW
$127B
| $807M | 0.88% | 4,446,100 +67,000 | +2% | +$12.2M |
|
8
Align Technology
ALGN
$10.3B
| $743M | 0.81% | 2,958,600 +344,500 | +13% | +$86.5M |
|
|
9
Amazon
AMZN
$2.44T
| $738M | 0.81% | +509,955 | New | +$738M |
|
10
Amgen
AMGN
$155B
| $669M | 0.73% | 3,925,300 -654,145 | -14% | -$112M |
|
11
Colgate-Palmolive
CL
$67.9B
| $661M | 0.72% | 9,223,600 +621,700 | +7% | +$44.6M |
|
12
Crown Castle
CCI
$43.2B
| $634M | 0.69% | 5,780,903 +385,103 | +7% | +$42.2M |
|
13
Home Depot
HD
$405B
| $629M | 0.69% | 3,526,700 +271,300 | +8% | +$48.4M |
|
14
Intuitive Surgical
ISRG
$170B
| $612M | 0.67% | 1,482,010 +41,410 | +3% | +$17.1M |
|
|
15
Booking.com
BKNG
$181B
| $519M | 0.57% | 249,399 +157,400 | +171% | +$327M |
|
16
Cboe Global Markets
CBOE
$24.7B
| $514M | 0.56% | 4,506,500 -13,500 | -0.3% | -$1.54M |
|
17
NVIDIA
NVDA
$4.24T
| $497M | 0.54% | 2,146,993 -109,300 | -5% | -$25.3M |
|
18
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
VRTX
$100B
| $465M | 0.51% | 2,850,917 +3,000 | +0.1% | +$489K |
|
19
Philip Morris
PM
$260B
| $461M | 0.5% | 4,642,131 -1,111,000 | -19% | -$110M |
|
|
VMW
20
DELISTED
VMware, Inc
VMW
| $458M | 0.5% | 3,777,300 +1,121,200 | +42% | +$136M |
|
21
American Tower
AMT
$95.5B
| $423M | 0.46% | 2,908,300 +204,400 | +8% | +$29.7M |
|
22
Idexx Laboratories
IDXX
$51.8B
| $400M | 0.44% | 2,088,904 +209,100 | +11% | +$40M |
|
23
American Electric Power
AEP
$59.4B
| $396M | 0.43% | 5,776,800 +549,500 | +11% | +$37.7M |
|
24
Best Buy
BBY
$15.6B
| $388M | 0.42% | 5,543,100 +2,163,900 | +64% | +$151M |
|
25
Ryanair
RYAAY
$33.7B
| $385M | 0.42% | 3,135,708 -338,111 | -10% | -$41.5M |
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