Shares of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) surged 13.6% in Thursday's after-hours trading session after the e-commerce and cloud-computing leader released a second-quarter 2022 report that pleased investors. 

The market's reaction is largely attributable to second-quarter revenue beating the Wall Street consensus estimate and the company's own guidance, second-quarter operating income also coming in higher than the company's outlook, and third-quarter revenue guidance exceeding the Street's expectation.

Here's an overview of Amazon's second quarter and guidance centered around five key metrics.

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