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 |
Novo Nordisk
NVO
|
$624M |
| 2 |
Microsoft
MSFT
|
$351M |
| 3 |
Netflix
NFLX
|
$343M |
| 4 |
Berkshire Hathaway Class A
BRK.A
|
$293M |
| 5 |
Nike
NKE
|
$186M |
Top Sells
| 1 |
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
|
$1.33B |
| 2 |
Tesla
TSLA
|
$344M |
| 3 |
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
|
$306M |
| 4 |
NVIDIA
NVDA
|
$281M |
| 5 |
Boeing
BA
|
$251M |
Sector Composition
| 1 | Technology | 19.27% |
| 2 | Healthcare | 18.45% |
| 3 | Consumer Discretionary | 12.36% |
| 4 | Consumer Staples | 10.15% |
| 5 | Industrials | 9.91% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Shares Change % | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
Novo Nordisk
NVO
$251B
| $1.48B | 2.52% | 16,229,476 +6,858,488 | +73% | +$624M |
|
2
Apple
AAPL
$3.45T
| $719M | 1.23% | 4,201,607 -720,189 | -15% | -$123M |
|
3
Palantir
PLTR
$372B
| $698M | 1.19% | 43,604,653 +3,805,496 | +10% | +$60.9M |
|
4
VeriSign
VRSN
$25.5B
| $627M | 1.07% | 3,094,490 +37,900 | +1% | +$7.68M |
|
|
5
Berkshire Hathaway Class A
BRK.A
$1.09T
| $618M | 1.05% | 1,163 +552 | +90% | +$293M |
|
6
Airbnb
ABNB
$79.9B
| $618M | 1.05% | 4,503,256 -791,271 | -15% | -$109M |
|
7
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
VRTX
$100B
| $579M | 0.99% | 1,664,088 +391,927 | +31% | +$136M |
|
|
8
NVIDIA
NVDA
$4.24T
| $526M | 0.9% | 1,209,287 -646,617 | -35% | -$281M |
|
|
9
Netflix
NFLX
$513B
| $522M | 0.89% | 1,382,700 +908,367 | +192% | +$343M |
|
10
United Therapeutics
UTHR
$13.8B
| $508M | 0.87% | 2,250,508 +63,294 | +3% | +$14.3M |
|
11
Hershey
HSY
$37.3B
| $501M | 0.85% | 2,503,975 +208,208 | +9% | +$41.7M |
|
12
Gilead Sciences
GILD
$140B
| $483M | 0.82% | 6,443,384 -1,338,032 | -17% | -$100M |
|
13
Franco-Nevada
FNV
$36.3B
| $447M | 0.76% | 3,347,138 -153,565 | -4% | -$20.5M |
|
|
HZNP
14
DELISTED
Horizon Therapeutics Public Limited Company Ordinary Shares
HZNP
| $397M | 0.68% | 3,433,349 -15,400 | -0.4% | -$1.78M |
|
15
Atlassian
TEAM
$46.6B
| $374M | 0.64% | 1,854,123 -347,100 | -16% | -$69.9M |
|
|
16
Microsoft
MSFT
$3.77T
| $365M | 0.62% | 1,155,782 +1,112,483 | +2,569% | +$351M |
|
17
Kroger
KR
$44.9B
| $361M | 0.62% | 8,074,557 -325,197 | -4% | -$14.6M |
|
|
18
Nike
NKE
$114B
| $353M | 0.6% | 3,692,884 +1,947,946 | +112% | +$186M |
|
19
Uber
UBER
$196B
| $352M | 0.6% | 7,654,600 -2,736,300 | -26% | -$126M |
|
20
Zoom
ZM
$24.4B
| $342M | 0.58% | 4,883,814 -602,254 | -11% | -$42.1M |
|
21
Ford
F
$46.8B
| $338M | 0.58% | 27,253,909 +6,532,900 | +32% | +$81.1M |
|
22
Exelixis
EXEL
$10.1B
| $332M | 0.57% | 15,216,916 +569,327 | +4% | +$12.4M |
|
23
Li Auto
LI
$23.7B
| $324M | 0.55% | 9,094,800 +1,496,400 | +20% | +$53.3M |
|
24
Cboe Global Markets
CBOE
$24.7B
| $320M | 0.55% | 2,049,224 +45,500 | +2% | +$7.11M |
|
25
Snowflake
SNOW
$79.6B
| $316M | 0.54% | 2,071,099 -127,600 | -6% | -$19.5M |
|