Cara Therapeutics, AlarmCom, Splunk & Weight Watchers Moving By Double-Digits After Hours

Shares of Cara Therapeutics Inc CARA were trading down more than 40 percent in Thursday's after-hours session, after the company placed its CLIN3001 Postoperative Pain Trial for I.V. CR845 on hold pending safety review

AlarmCom Hldg Inc ALRM was trading up about 13 percent after the announcement of the company’s fourth quarter results. The small-cap firm posted earnings of $0.14 per share, $0.13 above the Street’s consensus. Revenue of$56.9 million, up 24.8 percent year-over-year, also came in $9.77 ahead of expectations.

Splunk Inc SPLK was up 13 percent on its earnings call. The mid-cap software provider delivered earnings of $0.11 per share, $0.03 above the Street's consensus. Revenue of $220.02 million beat expectations for $202.72 million.

Management said the company had added more than 600 enterprise customers over the January quarter. In addition the company boosted its revenue guidance for the current year to roughly $880 million -- from a previous $850 million. For the ongoing quarter, management foresees sales of $172 million to $174 million above Thomson Reuters’ consensus of $171 million.

The largest mover in the NYSE was Weight Watchers International, Inc. WTW down more than 18 percent after the company reported a fourth quarter net loss of $(0.03) per share, $0.05 below expectations, on revenue of $259.2 million, down 20.9 percent year-over-year.

Disclosure: Javier Hasse holds no positions in any of the securities mentioned above.