Australia's Mayfield Childcare falls after warning about worker shortages

Mayfield Childcare

19/08/2022 07:01

** Shares of Australia's Mayfield Childcare Ltd  MFD.AX 
fall 6.1% to A$1.268, lowest since July 8 
    ** The day-care service provider expects educator shortages
and the high use of agency staff to persist throughout H2
    ** Stock will see its worst intraday pct. fall since Aug. 1,
if losses hold  
    ** Co says statutory net profit attributable for H1 rose
97.8% to A$2.5 mln ($1.73 mln) (https://bit.ly/3PDrmsu)
    ** MFD announced a fully franked interim dividend of 2.76
Australian cents per share    
    ** Shares are up 16.9% this year, as of last close  
    



($1 = 1.4489 Australian dollars)

 (Reporting by Nausheen Thusoo in Bengaluru)
 ((Nausheen.Thusoo@thomsonreuters.com))