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 |
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
|
$709M |
| 2 |
Amazon
AMZN
|
$653M |
| 3 |
Tesla
TSLA
|
$457M |
| 4 |
Exxon Mobil
XOM
|
$450M |
| 5 |
Uber
UBER
|
$382M |
Top Sells
| 1 |
Berkshire Hathaway Class A
BRK.A
|
$520M |
| 2 |
Netflix
NFLX
|
$476M |
| 3 |
HZNP
Horizon Therapeutics Public Limited Company Ordinary Shares
HZNP
|
$397M |
| 4 |
Nike
NKE
|
$377M |
| 5 |
Apple
AAPL
|
$374M |
Sector Composition
| 1 | Technology | 19.76% |
| 2 | Healthcare | 17.68% |
| 3 | Consumer Discretionary | 13.1% |
| 4 | Industrials | 7.95% |
| 5 | Consumer Staples | 7.93% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Shares Change % | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
Novo Nordisk
NVO
$251B
| $1.43B | 2.22% | 13,849,335 -2,380,141 | -15% | -$246M |
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2
Uber
UBER
$196B
| $853M | 1.32% | 13,860,349 +6,205,749 | +81% | +$382M |
|
3
NVIDIA
NVDA
$4.24T
| $767M | 1.19% | 1,549,772 +340,485 | +28% | +$169M |
|
4
Palantir
PLTR
$372B
| $748M | 1.16% | 43,591,426 -13,227 | -0% | -$227K |
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5
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.86T
| $744M | 1.15% | 2,101,986 +2,004,453 | +2,055% | +$709M |
|
|
6
Amazon
AMZN
$2.44T
| $653M | 1.01% | +4,296,466 | New | +$653M |
|
7
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
VRTX
$100B
| $648M | 1% | 1,591,688 -72,400 | -4% | -$29.5M |
|
|
8
Tesla
TSLA
$1.08T
| $635M | 0.98% | 2,555,019 +1,838,423 | +257% | +$457M |
|
9
VeriSign
VRSN
$25.5B
| $627M | 0.97% | 3,045,490 -49,000 | -2% | -$10.1M |
|
10
Airbnb
ABNB
$79.9B
| $585M | 0.91% | 4,295,800 -207,456 | -5% | -$28.2M |
|
11
United Therapeutics
UTHR
$13.8B
| $477M | 0.74% | 2,170,214 -80,294 | -4% | -$17.7M |
|
12
Gilead Sciences
GILD
$140B
| $452M | 0.7% | 5,575,850 -867,534 | -13% | -$70.3M |
|
13
CrowdStrike
CRWD
$106B
| $451M | 0.7% | 1,765,983 +97,900 | +6% | +$25M |
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|
14
Exxon Mobil
XOM
$487B
| $450M | 0.7% | 4,502,276 +4,499,999 | +197,628% | +$450M |
|
|
15
Apple
AAPL
$3.45T
| $435M | 0.67% | 2,260,097 -1,941,510 | -46% | -$374M |
|
16
Starbucks
SBUX
$100B
| $425M | 0.66% | 4,422,184 +3,906,200 | +757% | +$375M |
|
17
Franco-Nevada
FNV
$36.3B
| $422M | 0.65% | 3,803,549 +456,411 | +14% | +$50.6M |
|
18
Atlassian
TEAM
$46.6B
| $387M | 0.6% | 1,625,923 -228,200 | -12% | -$54.3M |
|
19
Exelixis
EXEL
$10.1B
| $375M | 0.58% | 15,615,716 +398,800 | +3% | +$9.57M |
|
20
Hershey
HSY
$37.3B
| $358M | 0.55% | 1,919,605 -584,370 | -23% | -$109M |
|
21
Cboe Global Markets
CBOE
$24.7B
| $353M | 0.55% | 1,976,724 -72,500 | -4% | -$12.9M |
|
22
Zoom
ZM
$24.4B
| $352M | 0.55% | 4,898,148 +14,334 | +0.3% | +$1.03M |
|
23
Incyte
INCY
$16.5B
| $349M | 0.54% | 5,553,937 +757,404 | +16% | +$47.6M |
|
24
Li Auto
LI
$23.7B
| $332M | 0.51% | 8,860,000 -234,800 | -3% | -$8.79M |
|
25
Kroger
KR
$44.9B
| $327M | 0.51% | 7,146,457 -928,100 | -11% | -$42.4M |
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