shares in orpea sa plummeted in early trading monday after releasing preliminary firsthalf results marked by high inflation and the reduction of pandemic compensation at 0738 gmt shares were down 17 at eur1745 the french nursinghome operator added that it expects the deterioration of its financial performance so far in 2022 to continue into the second half of the year it warned that the situation could worsen due to additional energy market volatility the company reported preliminary firsthalf revenue of 23 billion euros 231 billion compared with eur21 billion for the prioryear period the amount is eur17 million lower than the figure published in july 2022 due to an accounting change it said orpea said that based on the information in its possession it could suffer impairments in the range of eur170 million and eur220 million firsthalf earnings before interest taxes depreciation and amortization margin fell in the first sixmonths of the year to 179 from 241 in the prioryear period while its firsthalf recurring operating profit margin fell to 36 from 111 the company said it will publish financial results for the firsthalf of the year on sept 28