RESTON, Va. (AP) _ Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) on Thursday reported fiscal second-quarter net income of $82 million.

On a per-share basis, the Reston, Virginia-based company said it had profit of $1.41. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $1.97 per share.

The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of seven analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.47 per share.

The information technology company posted revenue of $1.84 billion in the period, also exceeding Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.79 billion.

SAIC expects full-year earnings in the range of $6.50 to $6.70 per share, with revenue in the range of $7.3 billion to $7.4 billion.

SAIC shares have decreased almost 10% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Thursday, shares hit $85.38, an increase of 0.5% in the last 12 months.

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