Revenue ($m) 137.6, down 48pc from year-earlier 263
Pretax profit ($m) -84.6 v -30.1
Net profit ($m) -83.6 v -22.5
No interim dividend
It will take a year from when JobKeeper ends in March for Ardent leisure’s cash flow from its Dreamworld theme park on the Gold Coast to recover from the pandemic lockdowns which forced its parks and gaming activities in Australia and the US to close last year.
Dreamworld owner Ardent is hoping pent-up demand for theme parks will boost earnings in the next half.
