Catch up on today's top five analyst downgrades with this list compiled by The Fly: 1. NVIDIA (NVDA) downgraded to Underperform from Market Perform at BMO Capital and to Reduce from Buy at Nomura. 2. L Brands (LB) downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at Atlantic Equities. 3. FLIR Systems (FLIR) downgraded to In-Line from Outperform at Imperial Capital with analyst Jeff Kessler citing valuation following the recent rally in the shares. The analyst maintains a $38 price target for the stock. 4. La-Z-Boy (LZB) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Stifel with analyst John Baugh saying the company's January quarter results show that it is having difficulty generating organic growth. The analyst adds that "the furniture business remains challenged." 5. Dorman Products (DORM) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at FBR Capital with analyst Christopher Van Horn citing valuation. The analyst raised his price target for the shares to $80 from $68. This list is just a portion of The Fly's full analyst coverage. To see The Fly's full Street Research coverage, click here.

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.

SoftBank (SFTBY) is planning to spend Y150B, or $960M, by 2025 to boost the number crunching power at its computing facilities to develop world-class generative artificial intelligence, Nikkei Asia's staff writers report, citing sources. The company's computing power is likely to be among the highest in Japan once the investment is complete and graphics processing units will be bought from Nvidia (NVDA). Reference Link