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 |
Apple
AAPL
|
$435M |
| 2 |
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
|
$351M |
| 3 |
Schlumberger
SLB
|
$254M |
| 4 |
Visa
V
|
$220M |
| 5 |
Chipotle Mexican Grill
CMG
|
$194M |
Top Sells
| 1 |
Danaher
DHR
|
$350M |
| 2 |
Chevron
CVX
|
$349M |
| 3 |
TFCFA
Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. Class A
TFCFA
|
$337M |
| 4 |
SODA
SodaStream International Ltd
SODA
|
$251M |
| 5 |
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
|
$232M |
Sector Composition
| 1 | Healthcare | 15.48% |
| 2 | Technology | 13.21% |
| 3 | Financials | 10.73% |
| 4 | Real Estate | 9.97% |
| 5 | Utilities | 8.99% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Shares Change % | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
VeriSign
VRSN
$25.5B
| $1.04B | 1.14% | 7,031,000 -6,800 | -0.1% | -$1.01M |
|
2
Humana
HUM
$36.5B
| $1B | 1.1% | 3,507,800 +333,000 | +10% | +$95.4M |
|
3
Novo Nordisk
NVO
$251B
| $956M | 1.05% | 20,744,571 +1,077,900 | +5% | +$49.7M |
|
4
Palo Alto Networks
PANW
$127B
| $811M | 0.89% | 4,304,450 -346,750 | -7% | -$65.3M |
|
5
PepsiCo
PEP
$204B
| $804M | 0.88% | 7,280,250 +660,000 | +10% | +$72.9M |
|
|
6
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.86T
| $788M | 0.86% | 6,009,362 +2,676,806 | +80% | +$351M |
|
7
Domino's
DPZ
$15.6B
| $765M | 0.84% | 3,085,500 -98,300 | -3% | -$24.4M |
|
8
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
VRTX
$100B
| $718M | 0.79% | 4,334,300 +245,183 | +6% | +$40.6M |
|
9
Duke Energy
DUK
$95.3B
| $709M | 0.78% | 8,209,779 +2,158,650 | +36% | +$186M |
|
10
Amgen
AMGN
$155B
| $697M | 0.76% | 3,578,600 -536,545 | -13% | -$104M |
|
|
VMW
11
DELISTED
VMware, Inc
VMW
| $690M | 0.76% | 5,033,468 -102,700 | -2% | -$14.1M |
|
12
Crown Castle
CCI
$43.2B
| $650M | 0.71% | 5,982,703 +577,403 | +11% | +$62.7M |
|
|
ABMD
13
DELISTED
Abiomed Inc
ABMD
| $608M | 0.67% | 1,869,723 +150,700 | +9% | +$49M |
|
|
14
Chipotle Mexican Grill
CMG
$56.5B
| $536M | 0.59% | 1,240,459 +448,459 | +57% | +$194M |
|
15
Align Technology
ALGN
$10.3B
| $528M | 0.58% | 2,519,481 -258,900 | -9% | -$54.2M |
|
16
American Tower
AMT
$95.5B
| $490M | 0.54% | 3,097,200 +114,561 | +4% | +$18.1M |
|
17
Herbalife
HLF
$1.01B
| $483M | 0.53% | 8,200,140 +598,915 | +8% | +$35.3M |
|
18
Progressive
PGR
$145B
| $472M | 0.52% | 7,831,396 -680,304 | -8% | -$41M |
|
19
Molina Healthcare
MOH
$9.8B
| $464M | 0.51% | 3,989,555 +250,800 | +7% | +$29.1M |
|
20
FirstEnergy
FE
$25.2B
| $457M | 0.5% | 12,181,100 -131,208 | -1% | -$4.93M |
|
21
American Electric Power
AEP
$59.4B
| $455M | 0.5% | 6,085,700 +444,200 | +8% | +$33.2M |
|
22
GSK
GSK
$79.9B
| $445M | 0.49% | 11,642,400 +1,507,200 | +15% | +$57.6M |
|
|
23
Apple
AAPL
$3.45T
| $435M | 0.48% | +2,760,484 | New | +$435M |
|
24
UDR
UDR
$13.1B
| $431M | 0.47% | 10,886,598 +1,687,898 | +18% | +$66.9M |
|
25
BP
BP
$90.8B
| $431M | 0.47% | 11,362,646 -558,800 | -5% | -$21.2M |
|