Catch up on today's top five analyst initiations with this list compiled by The Fly: 1. Intel (INTC) initiated with a Buy at Brean Capital by analyst Mike Burton, who said challenges facing the Semiconductor industry may could help Intel improve its advantage over its competition. 2. AECOM (ACM) initiated with a Buy at Deutsche Bank with analyst Chad Dillard calling the company his top Engineering & Construction pick give its low oil exposure and high exposure to "rebounding" public infrastructure spend. 3. AMD (AMD) initiated with a Hold at Craig-Hallum by analyst Christian Schwab, who said he wants to see see new product traction or a better entry point before becoming more constructive on shares given his outlook for a challenging PC market. 4. WhiteWave (WWAV) initiated with an Overweight at Atlantic Equities with analyst Charles Eden saying WhiteWave's concentrated portfolio and customer mix can continue to deliver 8-10% sales and 15-18% earnings growth on an organic, currency-neutral basis, and notes the joint venture in China provides potential upside to long-term earnings. 5. Eiger BioPharmaceuticals (EIGR) initiated with a Buy at Jefferies with analyst Brian Abrahams saying the company's portfolio consists of "multiple promising" clinical-stage candidates for unmet need orphan diseases. This list is just a portion of The Fly's full analyst coverage. To see The Fly's full Street Research coverage, click here.

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The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded Intel Foundry Phase Three of its Rapid Assured Microelectronics Prototypes - Commercial, or RAMP-C, program, the company announced. "The award was announced through the National Security Technology Accelerator's consortium-based Strategic and Spectrum Missions Advanced Resilient Trusted Systems Other Transaction Authority program. The third phase of RAMP-C advances the tape-out and testing of early defense industrial base product prototypes, signifying a critical milestone for the program that highlights the readiness of Intel 18A process technology, intellectual property and ecosystem solutions for high-volume manufacturing. As part of the announcement, RAMP-C customers can begin manufacturing commercial and DIB product prototypes on Intel 18A process technology," Intel stated. Reference Link

Friday's total option volume of 56.7 million contracts resulted in net open interest growth of 6.01 million calls and 5.28 million puts. NVIDIA (NVDA), Tesla (TSLA), Apple (AAPL) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) saw the greatest growth. Top five new positions opened include 50k Lyft (LYFT) May-24 20 calls, 44k Energy Transfer (ET) 4/26 weekly 16.5 calls, 43k Las Vegas Sands (LVS) Sep-24 41 calls, 23k Tesla (TSLA) 4/26 weekly 162.5 calls and 21k Papa John's (PZZA) Jun-24 57.5 puts.