Shares of J.B. Hunt plunged more than 10% on Wednesday after the trucking company said it expects its earnings to drop in the third quarter. "We kind of want to be transparent with investors and give an update that in light of these costs that are sort of hitting us, we are expecting our Q2 to Q3 earnings to actually drop 5% to 10%," CFO Brad Delco said at the Morgan Stanley Industrials conference. Delco said between costs for recruiting, advertising, onboarding, training and sign-on bonuses, the company expects to see about $25 million more in the third quarter compared with the second quarter. He said that means J.B. Hunt is "preparing for growth.
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