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 |
NVIDIA
NVDA
|
$1B |
| 2 |
Netflix
NFLX
|
$721M |
| 3 |
Apple
AAPL
|
$468M |
| 4 |
UnitedHealth
UNH
|
$422M |
| 5 |
GE Vernova
GEV
|
$376M |
Top Sells
| 1 |
Broadcom
AVGO
|
$673M |
| 2 |
Robinhood
HOOD
|
$481M |
| 3 |
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
|
$433M |
| 4 |
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
|
$402M |
| 5 |
Palantir
PLTR
|
$380M |
Sector Composition
| 1 | Technology | 19.67% |
| 2 | Healthcare | 15.34% |
| 3 | Consumer Discretionary | 12.38% |
| 4 | Financials | 11.51% |
| 5 | Industrials | 8.93% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Shares Change % | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1
Palantir
PLTR
$372B
| $1.84B | 2.45% | 13,502,046 -2,787,827 | -17% | -$380M |
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2
NVIDIA
NVDA
$4.24T
| $1.17B | 1.56% | 7,422,744 +6,337,784 | +584% | +$1B |
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|
3
Robinhood
HOOD
$92.4B
| $1.08B | 1.43% | 11,515,634 -5,140,782 | -31% | -$481M |
|
4
VeriSign
VRSN
$25.5B
| $944M | 1.26% | 3,267,369 +253,398 | +8% | +$73.2M |
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|
5
Netflix
NFLX
$513B
| $721M | 0.96% | 538,528 +538,120 | +131,892% | +$721M |
|
6
Exelixis
EXEL
$10.1B
| $697M | 0.93% | 15,819,765 +995,500 | +7% | +$43.9M |
|
7
Spotify
SPOT
$140B
| $677M | 0.9% | 881,925 +61,732 | +8% | +$47.4M |
|
8
Sprouts Farmers Market
SFM
$13.7B
| $664M | 0.88% | 4,031,844 -231,900 | -5% | -$38.2M |
|
9
Roblox
RBLX
$86.4B
| $642M | 0.85% | 6,101,659 +10,200 | +0.2% | +$1.07M |
|
10
Gilead Sciences
GILD
$140B
| $628M | 0.84% | 5,666,392 +215,249 | +4% | +$23.9M |
|
|
11
GE Vernova
GEV
$167B
| $622M | 0.83% | 1,176,402 +710,600 | +153% | +$376M |
|
12
United Therapeutics
UTHR
$13.8B
| $609M | 0.81% | 2,119,092 +12,100 | +0.6% | +$3.48M |
|
13
DoorDash
DASH
$105B
| $607M | 0.81% | 2,464,188 +485,500 | +25% | +$120M |
|
14
Franco-Nevada
FNV
$36.3B
| $534M | 0.71% | 3,257,949 +227,400 | +8% | +$37.3M |
|
15
Kinross Gold
KGC
$25.5B
| $523M | 0.7% | 33,475,430 +1,023,636 | +3% | +$16M |
|
16
Applovin
APP
$162B
| $483M | 0.64% | 1,380,832 +501,632 | +57% | +$176M |
|
17
Ford
F
$46.8B
| $472M | 0.63% | 43,483,251 +24,143,142 | +125% | +$262M |
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|
18
Apple
AAPL
$3.45T
| $469M | 0.62% | 2,286,262 +2,281,886 | +52,145% | +$468M |
|
19
Corcept Therapeutics
CORT
$7.35B
| $460M | 0.61% | 6,266,402 +123,371 | +2% | +$9.06M |
|
20
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
VRTX
$100B
| $447M | 0.6% | 1,004,888 -166,683 | -14% | -$74.2M |
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|
21
UnitedHealth
UNH
$281B
| $422M | 0.56% | +1,352,129 | New | +$422M |
|
22
Nutanix
NTNX
$18B
| $389M | 0.52% | 5,094,400 +480,600 | +10% | +$36.7M |
|
23
Cboe Global Markets
CBOE
$24.7B
| $387M | 0.51% | 1,658,824 -59,400 | -3% | -$13.9M |
|
24
Etsy
ETSY
$5.25B
| $384M | 0.51% | 7,647,241 +2,353,000 | +44% | +$118M |
|
25
AbbVie
ABBV
$372B
| $364M | 0.48% | 1,961,998 +739,900 | +61% | +$137M |
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