Renaissance Technologies

Renaissance Technologies Portfolio holdings

AUM $75.2B
 

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 Return
+6.27%
1 Year Return
+41.49%
3 Year Return
+105.58%
5 Year Return
+199.51%
10 Year Return
+593.04%
AUM
$69.4B
AUM Growth
+$69.4B
Cap. Flow
-$8.59B
Cap. Flow %
-12.37%
Top 10 Hldgs %
11.91%
Holding
4,468
New
544
Increased
1,584
Reduced
1,719
Closed
604

Sector Composition

1 Technology 20.29%
2 Healthcare 16.94%
3 Consumer Discretionary 12.83%
4 Consumer Staples 9.16%
5 Industrials 9%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
NVO icon
1
Novo Nordisk
NVO
$251B
$1.52B 2.19% 9,370,988 -1,431,300 -13% -$232M
META icon
2
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.86T
$1.3B 1.87% 4,532,030 +2,623,447 +137% +$753M
AAPL icon
3
Apple
AAPL
$3.45T
$955M 1.38% 4,921,796 +4,912,234 +51,372% +$953M
NVDA icon
4
NVIDIA
NVDA
$4.24T
$785M 1.13% 1,855,904 +1,852,712 +58,042% +$784M
VRSN icon
5
VeriSign
VRSN
$25.5B
$691M 1% 3,056,590 -126,500 -4% -$28.6M
ABNB icon
6
Airbnb
ABNB
$79.9B
$679M 0.98% 5,294,527 -760,029 -13% -$97.4M
PLTR icon
7
Palantir
PLTR
$372B
$610M 0.88% 39,799,157 -814,600 -2% -$12.5M
GILD icon
8
Gilead Sciences
GILD
$140B
$600M 0.86% 7,781,416 -2,802,800 -26% -$216M
HSY icon
9
Hershey
HSY
$37.3B
$573M 0.83% 2,295,767 -7,600 -0.3% -$1.9M
FTNT icon
10
Fortinet
FTNT
$60.4B
$552M 0.8% 7,306,045 +1,075,400 +17% +$81.3M
TSLA icon
11
Tesla
TSLA
$1.08T
$548M 0.79% 2,091,807 -1,933,244 -48% -$506M
FNV icon
12
Franco-Nevada
FNV
$36.3B
$499M 0.72% 3,500,703 +27,200 +0.8% +$3.88M
UTHR icon
13
United Therapeutics
UTHR
$13.8B
$483M 0.7% 2,187,214 -40,200 -2% -$8.87M
BA icon
14
Boeing
BA
$177B
$467M 0.67% 2,209,700 -382,400 -15% -$80.7M
UBER icon
15
Uber
UBER
$196B
$449M 0.65% 10,390,900 +5,767,500 +125% +$249M
VRTX icon
16
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
VRTX
$100B
$448M 0.65% 1,272,161 -125,574 -9% -$44.2M
CRWD icon
17
CrowdStrike
CRWD
$106B
$420M 0.61% 2,861,329 +70,929 +3% +$10.4M
KR icon
18
Kroger
KR
$44.9B
$395M 0.57% 8,399,754 -1,629,100 -16% -$76.6M
SNOW icon
19
Snowflake
SNOW
$79.6B
$387M 0.56% 2,198,699 -223,900 -9% -$39.4M
ZM icon
20
Zoom
ZM
$24.4B
$372M 0.54% 5,486,068 -1,087,347 -17% -$73.8M
TEAM icon
21
Atlassian
TEAM
$46.6B
$369M 0.53% 2,201,223 +468,300 +27% +$78.6M
HZNP
22
DELISTED
Horizon Therapeutics Public Limited Company Ordinary Shares
HZNP
$355M 0.51% 3,448,749 +80,300 +2% +$8.26M
CAT icon
23
Caterpillar
CAT
$196B
$330M 0.48% 1,340,010 -148,790 -10% -$36.6M
LULU icon
24
lululemon athletica
LULU
$24.2B
$329M 0.47% 868,800 +103,400 +14% +$39.1M
CMG icon
25
Chipotle Mexican Grill
CMG
$56.5B
$328M 0.47% 153,400 +147,100 +2,335% +$315M