Smith & Wesson, Science Applications International: After-hours movers

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Some of Thursday's biggest movers in after-hours trading include Smith & Wesson and Science Applications International. Yahoo Finance Live's Seana Smith breaks down the action.

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SEANA SMITH: Let's take a look at what's trending after hours for you. Two names, Science Applications International and Smith & Wesson. Let's start off with Science Applications International. We're looking at a gain of just about 1%. Now, if you're not familiar with this company, it's a government military contractor, primarily.

Now, they just reached a $1.3 billion contract from the Treasury Department to provide cloud services. This is going to be for seven years. They also offer IT and engineering services as well. Year to date, the company is looking at a stock is looking at losses over the past year, up just about 21%, just shy of its 52-week high.

And then let's take a look at Smith & Wesson, the firearm gun manufacturer here. That stock up just about 2 and 1/2%. The company beating on both the top and bottom line. They also authorized a 20% increase to the quarterly dividend. Over the last three months, the stock up about 2% so far since January 1, the stock up nearly 30%.

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