Xero Limited · ASX:XRO

Xero — FY2014 Earnings Presentation

26 slides from Xero's earnings presentation, May 22, 2014

  1. Slide 1: Investor briefing

    Investor briefing For personal use only 23 May 2014 Beautiful accounting software

  2. Slide 2: Important notice

    Important notice For personal use only This presentation is given on behalf of Xero Limited (Company number NZ 1830488, AU ARBN 160661183 NZX/ASX:XRO). ! Information in this presentation: • is for general information purposes only, and is not an offer or invitation for subscription, purchase, or rec

  3. Slide 3: What we're going to cover

    What we’re going to cover For personal use only Financial Business US update Q&A performance model 3

  4. Slide 4: FY2014 highlights

    FY2014 highlights For personal use only Operating revenue Customers Staff $70.1m 284,000 758 ACMR at $93m 45% in “Class of 2014” Staff numbers doubled in 12 months Accounting partners Cash to invest 11,573 $210m 45% of partners Raised $180m added in FY2014 in Oct 2013 4

  5. Slide 5: Financial performance

    Financial performance For personal use only Year ended 31 March 2014 ($000s) 2013 ($000s) % change Operating revenue 70,091 38,353 83% Other income 1,383 936 48% Total revenue and other income 71,474 39,289 82% Cost of revenues 24,516 13,916 76% Gross profit 46,958 25,373 85% Total operating expense

  6. Slide 6: Country growth

    Country growth For personal use only Customers Operating Revenue (NZ$000s) Partners 2014 2013 Growth 2014 2013 Growth 2014 2013 Growth NZ 102,000 73,000 40% 24,104 16,420 47% 2,646 2,150 23% AU 109,000 51,000 114% 29,297 13,734 113% 5,328 2,694 98% UK 47,000 22,000 114% 10,429 5,477 90% 1,797 919 96

  7. Slide 7: Market share

    Market share For personal use only Small business Partners Current Small Current Current Accounting & Current customers businesses* market share partners Bookkeeping firms* market share NZ 102,000 0.45m 23% 2,646 3.5k 76% AU 109,000 2.0m 5% 5,328 29k 18% UK 47,000 4.3m <1% 1,797 34k 5% Nth America 1

  8. Slide 8: Expenditure

    Expenditure For personal use only Year ended 31 March 2014 2013 % Change Cost of revenues 24,516 13,916 76% % operating revenue 35% 36% (1%) Sales and marketing 55,105 22,043 150% % operating revenue 79% 57% 22% Product design & dev 34,089 18,898 80% % operating revenue 49% 49% 0% General and admin

  9. Slide 9: Our business

    Our business For personal use only Revenue Less Cost of Sales & Product G&A Equals NPBT revenues marketing Maintain and Customers Hosting & Ops Education Facilities* improve x + + + + ARPU Innovate and Bank feeds Partner channel Recruitment* (product mix) broaden - + + + Customer Churn Online channe

  10. Slide 10: Revenue

    Revenue For personal use only “Well, if you believe, as we do, that • Customer acquisition: Build initial technology markets tend to be winner-take-all, the leaders in any relationship with Xero and the partner given category will get an unfair share of the overall economic pie. ecosystem True, not

  11. Slide 11: Churn trends down

    Churn trends down For personal use only Group FY14 Partner channel matures NZ FY14 Product fit improves Ecosystem develops 1.4% Position as market leader <1% revenue churn revenue churn per month per month Improving retention (Future improvements) Customer activity insights SaaS release cadence Clou

  12. Slide 12: Cost of revenues

    Cost of revenues For personal use only (SaaS term: Cost To Serve or CTS) Drivers based on product volume: Cost of revenues • Hosting – PaaS/IaaS trends provide future opportunities for substantially improved economics • Bank feeds – range from nil to $3.00 per customer/month, the view is costs will

  13. Slide 13: Sales and marketing

    Sales and marketing For personal use only (SaaS term: Cost to Acquire Customers or CAC) • High growth in a SaaS business requires substantial upfront CAC investment that delivers revenues in future periods • Current accounting practices do not allow CAC costs and revenues to be aligned i.e. if avera

  14. Slide 14: CAC metrics

    CAC metrics For personal use only Market phase 2014 2014 2014 2015 Recruit, Educate, Grow Months of ARPU to LTV LTV:CAC Projected trend recover CAC NZ Educate, grow 5.7 $1300 9.5x steady steady/improvement AU Recruit, educate 9.5 $1300 4.3x 9.8 steady/improvement UK Recruit, educate $1100 4.5x “Mont

  15. Slide 15: Sales & marketing

    Sales & marketing For personal use only Partner channel Online channel Ecosystem 15

  16. Slide 16: Partner channel

    Partner channel For personal use only Unique to accounting software • Accountants and bookkeepers are a proven channel to small businesses • Education led sales approach via XeroU, XeroTV and online events • The partner channel is a leveraged model (e.g. one sales person: 300 Partners: 100 customers

  17. Slide 17: Online channel

    Online channel For personal use only • Increasing investment in online • Substantially lower CAC than partner channel • Improved sign up experience will lift conversion of unique visitors to new customers • Focus on vertical solutions using add-on partners • Non-traditional marketing investments: -

  18. Slide 18: Ecosystem channel

    Ecosystem channel For personal use only • Network of companies stronger than a single brand • We believe an open approach wins • Seek large partners upstream • Be the easiest partner for innovators • Leverage energy and investment of many partners. 18

  19. Slide 19: Product design and development

    Product design and development For personal use only • Leverage clean architecture to deliver on a faster cadence and broader product set than incumbents • FY14 substantially increased capacity of team to 236 (119 added in FY2014) • Xero built by Xero's - we believe in the craft of software developm

  20. Slide 20: General and administration

    General and administration For personal use only • Investing in scalable cloud based systems G&A • G&A will reduce as a percentage of operating revenue with scale 18% <10% 2014 Aspirational 20

  21. Slide 21: Focus on the USA

    For personal use only the USA 21 Focus on

  22. Slide 22: Adoption curve

    Adoption curve For personal use only Early majority Late majority 34% 34% Early adopters NZ 13% Laggards Innovators AU 16% 3% UK US Win Recruitment Go deep and win share Drive ARPU and influencers and go broad B2B and B2G initiatives network effects 22

  23. Slide 23: US market entry phase

    US market entry phase For personal use only Partnerships & Product People Integrations GTM Foundations in place US Directors Square Influencers Payroll first-release Nth American CEO H&R Block PR Product reviews VP Education Expensify Education match QBO Denver Support SquareSpace Accounting channel

  24. Slide 24: US plans 2015

    US plans 2015 For personal use only Partnerships & Product People Integrations GTM Deliver best in class Complete Best ecosystem Online Channel US product US leadership team for scale Execute on existing Focus on key Innovate faster relationships segments Global Management Change product focussed on

  25. Slide 25: Q&A

    For personal use only Q&A

  26. Slide 26: Beautiful accounting software

    For personal use only Beautiful accounting software

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