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 |
Chevron
CVX
|
$331M |
| 2 |
Walmart
WMT
|
$251M |
| 3 |
Linde
LIN
|
$187M |
| 4 |
PayPal
PYPL
|
$145M |
| 5 |
Union Pacific
UNP
|
$126M |
Top Sells
| 1 |
NVIDIA
NVDA
|
$903M |
| 2 |
Uber
UBER
|
$565M |
| 3 |
Exxon Mobil
XOM
|
$450M |
| 4 |
Novo Nordisk
NVO
|
$393M |
| 5 |
Apple
AAPL
|
$317M |
Sector Composition
| 1 | Technology | 18.82% |
| 2 | Healthcare | 17.05% |
| 3 | Consumer Discretionary | 13.22% |
| 4 | Financials | 8.79% |
| 5 | Consumer Staples | 7.83% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Shares Change % | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
Novo Nordisk
NVO
$251B
| $1.38B | 2.18% | 10,786,074 -3,063,261 | -22% | -$393M |
|
2
Palantir
PLTR
$372B
| $1.09B | 1.71% | 47,355,217 +3,763,791 | +9% | +$86.6M |
|
3
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.86T
| $763M | 1.2% | 1,570,517 -531,469 | -25% | -$258M |
|
4
Airbnb
ABNB
$79.9B
| $730M | 1.15% | 4,423,465 +127,665 | +3% | +$21.1M |
|
5
Amazon
AMZN
$2.44T
| $676M | 1.06% | 3,750,038 -546,428 | -13% | -$98.6M |
|
6
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
VRTX
$100B
| $661M | 1.04% | 1,580,488 -11,200 | -0.7% | -$4.68M |
|
7
VeriSign
VRSN
$25.5B
| $577M | 0.91% | 3,043,790 -1,700 | -0.1% | -$322K |
|
|
8
Uber
UBER
$196B
| $502M | 0.79% | 6,521,549 -7,338,800 | -53% | -$565M |
|
|
9
NVIDIA
NVDA
$4.24T
| $498M | 0.78% | 550,625 -999,147 | -64% | -$903M |
|
10
United Therapeutics
UTHR
$13.8B
| $494M | 0.78% | 2,151,714 -18,500 | -0.9% | -$4.25M |
|
11
Chipotle Mexican Grill
CMG
$56.5B
| $434M | 0.68% | 149,155 +10,755 | +8% | +$31.3M |
|
12
Franco-Nevada
FNV
$36.3B
| $387M | 0.61% | 3,251,849 -551,700 | -15% | -$65.7M |
|
13
Cboe Global Markets
CBOE
$24.7B
| $364M | 0.57% | 1,982,224 +5,500 | +0.3% | +$1.01M |
|
14
Exelixis
EXEL
$10.1B
| $358M | 0.56% | 15,101,716 -514,000 | -3% | -$12.2M |
|
15
CrowdStrike
CRWD
$106B
| $351M | 0.55% | 1,094,283 -671,700 | -38% | -$215M |
|
16
Molina Healthcare
MOH
$9.8B
| $344M | 0.54% | 838,537 +12,600 | +2% | +$5.18M |
|
|
17
Chevron
CVX
$324B
| $331M | 0.52% | +2,097,623 | New | +$331M |
|
18
DoorDash
DASH
$105B
| $330M | 0.52% | 2,395,543 +4,800 | +0.2% | +$661K |
|
19
Incyte
INCY
$16.5B
| $323M | 0.51% | 5,676,437 +122,500 | +2% | +$6.98M |
|
20
Kroger
KR
$44.9B
| $319M | 0.5% | 5,577,557 -1,568,900 | -22% | -$89.6M |
|
21
Gilead Sciences
GILD
$140B
| $316M | 0.5% | 4,317,650 -1,258,200 | -23% | -$92.2M |
|
22
Tesla
TSLA
$1.08T
| $316M | 0.5% | 1,796,325 -758,694 | -30% | -$133M |
|
23
Neurocrine Biosciences
NBIX
$13.8B
| $311M | 0.49% | 2,251,646 +263,100 | +13% | +$36.3M |
|
24
Atlassian
TEAM
$46.6B
| $310M | 0.49% | 1,588,429 -37,494 | -2% | -$7.32M |
|
25
Fortinet
FTNT
$60.4B
| $298M | 0.47% | 4,368,994 -704,700 | -14% | -$48.1M |
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