Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) stock dropped by 8.1% in after-hours trading on Wednesday following the release of its second-quarter results. That sell-off can be attributed to investors' disappointment that the company missed Wall Street's consensus revenue expectation, and that its third-quarter revenue guidance came in weaker than analysts had been anticipating. 

On the positive side, the video streaming leader's earnings easily exceeded analysts' consensus estimate, as did Q3 bottom-line guidance. And paid net subscriber additions crushed the Street's expectation.

Here's an overview of Netflix's second-quarter results and third-quarter guidance, centered on six key metric categories.

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