Xero Limited · ASX:XRO

Xero — FY2026 Earnings Presentation

47 slides from Xero's earnings presentation, May 14, 2026

  1. Slide 1: Market Release: FY26 Annual Results Investor Presentation

    MARKET RELEASE FY26 Annual Results Investor Presentation WELLINGTON, 14 May 2026 — Xero Limited (ASX: XRO), in accordance with the ASX Listing Rules, attaches its FY26 Annual Results Investor Presentation. Xero’s FY26 earnings webcast at 10:30am AEST on 14 May 2026 can be accessed at: https://webcas

  2. Slide 2: FY 2026 Investor briefing

    For personal use only FY 2026 Investor briefing Results for the twelve months ended 31 March 2026 Sukhinder Singh Cassidy Chief Executive Officer Claire Bramley Chief Financial Officer 14 MAY 2026 1

  3. Slide 3: Important notice

    Important notice For personal use only This presentation is given on behalf of Xero Limited (Xero) (ASX:XRO) (Company number NZ 183 0488, ARBN 160 661 183) Information in this presentation: ● is for general information purposes only, and is not an offer or invitation for subscription, or also includ

  4. Slide 4: Agenda

    Agenda For personal use only 01. Introduction and summary of results Sukhinder Singh Cassidy Chief Executive Officer 02. Financial results Claire Bramley Chief Financial Officer 03. Strategic themes Sukhinder Singh Cassidy Chief Executive Officer 04. Q&A 3

  5. Slide 5: Introduction and summary of results

    For personal use only Introduction and summary of results Sukhinder Singh Cassidy Chief Executive Officer 4

  6. Slide 6: A milestone year — strong growth, US + AI stepchange, delivering consistent returns

    A milestone year — strong growth, US + AI stepchange, delivering consistent returns For personal use only Sustained revenue and 3x3 + AI innovation Continued capital and Adj-EBITDA growth accelerating operational discipline with strong US momentum with payments + AI scaling funding growth, and and M

  7. Slide 7: Execution across the board: growth, efficiency and US acceleration in FY26

    Execution across the board: growth, efficiency and US acceleration in FY26 For personal use only Revenue growth broad Strong Adj-EBITDA growth, based and sustained absorbing Melio investment Operating revenue Adjusted EBITDA Rule of 401 $2,753m $757m 48.5% +31% YOY headline +18% or +$116m YOY headli

  8. Slide 8: ANZ continues to deliver strong revenue growth supported by quality customer acquisition

    ANZ continues to deliver strong revenue growth supported by quality customer acquisition For personal use only Australia FY26 Δ YOY $1,392m Revenue Strong revenue growth continues ● Execution focused on data driven engagement with ABs and SMBs Revenue $1,148m +20% +19% CC (+18% YOY, +17% YOY constan

  9. Slide 9: International growth gaining momentum, fueled by organic growth and Melio acquisition

    International growth gaining momentum, fueled by organic growth and through Melio acquisition For personal use only United Kingdom FY26 Δ YOY High growth with some MTD tailwinds Revenue $727m +26% +21% CC $1,361m Revenue ● AB channel improving ability to drive multi product ● Evidence of early adopt

  10. Slide 10: Adj-EBITDA growth strong, absorbing Melio investment

    Adj-EBITDA growth strong, absorbing Melio investment For personal use only Adj-EBITDA 30% YOY organic growth FCF up 5x in 4 years R40 = 48.5%, 36.0% pro-forma Adjusted EBITDA ($m) Free cash flow ($m) & margin (%) Rule of 401 (%) +18% YOY headline Revenue growth CC (%) Pro-forma Rule of 40 (+30% YOY

  11. Slide 11: Financial results

    For personal use only Financial results Claire Bramley Chief Financial Officer 10

  12. Slide 12: Strong revenue growth driven by both ARPC expansion and customer additions

    Strong revenue growth driven by both ARPC expansion and customer additions For personal use only ARPC up 23% (2x FY25 growth), adding Melio Revenue up 31%, Customers up 11%, Payments drove the surge, contributing ~40% AMRR $3.3b1 — up 26% pro-forma 10% organic — international accelerating of uplift

  13. Slide 13: Gross profit dollars expanding, enabling reinvestment

    Gross profit dollars expanding, enabling reinvestment For personal use only Gross profit up 23% to $2.3b Organic gross margin 89% Gross margin (%) Melio mix effect 5pp1 Gross profit ($m) 89.0% 88.2% 87.3% 83.9% Subscription and payments combining to $2,309m drive strong absolute gross profit growth

  14. Slide 14: Melio drives step change in ARPC, contributing ~40% of ARPC expansion

    Melio drives step change in ARPC, contributing ~40% of ARPC expansion For personal use only >50% contribution 50% - 25% contribution 25% - 0% contribution Negative contribution Headline ARPC has increased $10.36 (up 23%) to 31 March 2026 $55.44 Melio adds $4.24 ● Structurally higher ARPC payments op

  15. Slide 15: Churn trends reflect mix and post-pandemic normalisation

    Churn trends reflect mix and post-pandemic normalisation For personal use only Underlying cohorted churn 0.81% Headline churn 1.14% Cohorted churn on customers >180 days removes mix impact and better reflects Rising to pre pandemic average. Driven by direct channel mix which has higher ARPC existing

  16. Slide 16: Organic unit economics are compelling: strong LTV expansion

    Organic unit economics are compelling: Strong LTV expansion, up 17% to $21b, reflects investment to drive ARPC and customer growth For personal use only CAC per gross add $735, LTV/CAC 5.9x LTV per customer $4,304 CAC months 14.4 up 3% YOY International improving LTV movements by driver ($b)1,2 $1.9

  17. Slide 17: Delivering growth with operating leverage while investing in AI innovation

    Delivering growth with operating leverage while investing in AI innovation For personal use only Continued OPEX ratio improvement to 70.5%1 in line with Rev/FTE up 21%, reflects disciplined headcount FY26 guidance management with Xero FTE flat (ex Melio) Operating expenses as a % of operating revenu

  18. Slide 18: Delivering operating efficiencies across all three cost lines

    Delivering operating efficiencies across all three cost lines For personal use only Sales & marketing efficiency G&A efficiency improves to Product efficiency improves 1.6pp improves 1.5pp 10.4% underlying Sales & marketing Product design & development General & administration +25% YOY Melio contrib

  19. Slide 19: Adj-EBITDA grows 18% to $757m as revenue outpaces cost growth

    Adj-EBITDA grows 18% to $757m as revenue outpaces cost growth For personal use only Movements in Adj-EBITDA ($m)1 Includes Melio payments transactional costs $650m Increase largely due to the incorporation of Melio and the accounting treatment of executive option and sign-on grants ($210m) announced

  20. Slide 20: Balance sheet strength provides financial flexibility and optionality

    Balance sheet strength provides financial flexibility and optionality For personal use only Strong balance sheet $1.9b with available liquid resources Offsetting share based compensation Net debt / EBITDA now ~0.5x vs. ~2.3x pro-forma at Melio transaction announcement Movement in net cash position ●

  21. Slide 21: Strong cashflow generation provides strategic flexibility

    Strong cashflow generation provides strategic flexibility For personal use only Xero’s capital allocation framework Available capital1 Invest to support Rule of 40 outcomes in-line with aspiration Product development GTM/CAC Build Partner Buy Disciplined investment to tightly align with FY25-27 stra

  22. Slide 22: Xero reiterates its FY28 aspirations and Melio breakeven guidance

    Xero reiterates its FY28 aspirations and Melio breakeven guidance For personal use only The combined business is expected to significantly accelerate US revenue growth and gives us the opportunity to more than double Xero’s FY25 group revenue in FY28 excluding anticipated revenue synergies1, 2 This o

  23. Slide 23: FY27 Outlook

    FY27 Outlook For personal use only FY27 Operating revenue is expected to be between $3,620m and $3,730m FY27 Adjusted-EBITDA is expected to be between $860m and $920m This includes incremental US Brand spend of up to ~NZ$55m Over FY27 Xero expects a higher than historical weighting towards H2 Produc

  24. Slide 24: Strategic themes

    For personal use only Strategic themes Sukhinder Singh Cassidy Chief Executive Officer 23

  25. Slide 25: 3x3 traction accelerating with payments scale, US stepchange and AI solutions

    3x3 traction accelerating with payments scale, US stepchange and focus on innovative AI solutions For personal use only ● Launched bill payments powered by Melio ● Introduced Xero Analytics with customisable AI powered insights Win the 3x3 ● Launched US embedded payroll solution (beta) through Gusto

  26. Slide 26: Strong US progress allows us to step up brand investment in FY27

    Strong US progress allows us to step up brand investment in FY27 For personal use only FY27 US ● Incremental spend of up to NZ$55m, STRONG MELIO ● On track to achieve synergies & BRAND SPEND bringing planned FY27 total to US$50m PROGRESS deliver FY28 run-rate break even Xero US standalone Pro-forma

  27. Slide 27: Global Payments up 53%, driving ARPC and customer penetration

    Global Payments up 53%, driving ARPC and customer penetration… For personal use only FY26 Total TPV = $62b Total payments revenue growth 53%1 in FY26 Pro-forma Total payment value ($b)1,2 Pro-forma payments + invoicing revenue ($m)1,2 Xero BillPay TPV ($b) $62b Payments revenue i.e. Bill Payments +

  28. Slide 28: Diversifying our business model with a step change in consumption based revenue

    …and diversifying our business model with a step change in consumption based revenue For personal use only Pro-forma Xero + Melio payments revenue ($m)1 Xero subscription revenue Pro-forma Xero + Melio payments revenue Consumption based revenue, up from 7% in +70% CAGR FY23 to 18% in FY26 $535m 18%

  29. Slide 29: Xero's opportunity is to be the trusted O/S for the agentic era

    Xero’s opportunity is to be the trusted O/S for the agentic era For personal use only Xero’s competitive advantages SMBs + ABs Customer context GTM layer Global scale New distribution General AI assistants Xero GTM: ~5m+ customers & growing Xero’s SMB customers are channel for Xero not billed by sea

  30. Slide 30: New AI features driving customer adoption and value delivery

    New AI features driving customer adoption and value delivery For personal use only 500K+ GenAI customers 2.6m Customers using any AI feature, rolling 12 months (to March 2026) Customers using new GenAI features (000s) rolling 12 months 40m Auto bank reconciliation transactions lines reconciled1 97%

  31. Slide 31: FY27 will be a year of driving adoption with deeper AI value

    FY27 will be a year of driving adoption with deeper AI value in our products For personal use only Drive adoption & usage Monetise in line with our principles Leverage partnerships Simplicity = Bundling Adoption = Add Ons Futureproof = Usage Linked Pricing New agents to deepen AI value in our produc

  32. Slide 32: Innovating is as important as building today's value

    Innovating is as important as building today’s value For personal use only Introducing XeroForce Claude integration A natural language custom AI agent builder ALPHA 31

  33. Slide 33: 83% of Xeros use AI daily

    83% of Xeros use AI daily, with Engineering, CX and Marketing driving deep value For personal use only Product & engineering Customer experience ● 97% of engineers using at least one AI tool daily ● AI agents leveraged to redesign and rebuild timesheet Product product UI — delivered in 10 weeks vs ~

  34. Slide 34: Wrap up: Strong FY26 sets the stage for an exciting FY27

    Wrap up: Strong FY26 sets the stage for an exciting FY27 For personal use only 1 2 3 4 5 Strong revenue Durable EBITDA 3x3 execution AI multiplies Capital growth, US growth, with global productivity and discipline accelerating absorbing Melio payments provides new funding growth investment scaling a

  35. Slide 35: Appendix

    For personal use only Appendix 34

  36. Slide 36: FY27 Outlook — supporting assumptions and commentary

    FY27 Outlook — supporting assumptions and commentary For personal use only FY27 Adjusted-EBITDA is expected to be between FY27 Group Revenue is expected to be between $860m and $920m $3,620m to $3,730m This includes incremental US Brand spend of up to ~NZ$55m Over FY27 Xero expects a higher than his

  37. Slide 37: Xero has multiple structural advantages against potential AI threats

    Xero has multiple structural advantages against potential AI threats For personal use only Competitor or threat NATIVE AI START-UPS LLM PROVIDERS SEAT-BASED MODELS “VIBE-CODING” SOLUTIONS “Startups built AI-first, no Area of “General purpose models “AI agents replace human “SMBs can code their own c

  38. Slide 38: Customer regional composition and growth trends

    Customer regional composition and growth trends For personal use only Closing customer balance from H1 FY24 to H2 FY26 Australia Includes impact of 160k long idle subscriptions removed during H1 FY25. Underlying customer growth was 10% in both H1 and H2 New Zealand FY25 excluding this impact +11% YO

  39. Slide 39: SaaS metrics summary

    SaaS metrics summary1 For personal use only ANZ International Group Australia, New Zealand UK, US, CA, ROW Global Total FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26 ARPC2 $34.24 $37.97 $41.66 $48.89 $35.10 $41.05 $49.82 $54.20 $34.61 $39.29 $45.08 $51.20 CAC months 9.1 8.1 9.4 9.8 23.

  40. Slide 40: US pro-forma disclosure detail

    US pro-forma disclosure detail1 For personal use only Reflects contribution to Xero’s reported performance, i.e. incorporating 5.5 months of Melio contribution following acquisition completion on 15 October US Revenue composition (NZ$) Units FY24 FY25 H1 FY26 H2 FY26 FY26 FY26 headline Subscription,

  41. Slide 41: Reported NPAT to Adj-NPATA reconciliation — FY25 vs. FY26

    Reported NPAT to Adj-NPATA reconciliation — FY25 vs. FY26 For personal use only nt te se on red e e ion ge . no rcha on ot on ot ati cqui rat tin ion ati le n ati le n ati ing nv repu ide f con cin uisit s s dc n dc n ts ts or V a alu rtib alu rtib s alu nc FY25 FY25 FY26 FY26 ate itio ate itio on o

  42. Slide 42: Summary of Melio impacts and pro-forma impacts on key metrics

    Summary of Melio impacts and pro-forma impacts on key metrics For personal use only Xero + Melio pro-forma metrics & adjustments ($NZ 000s)1,2 Organic vs. inorganic Group growth rates FY25 FY26 YOY Mvmt YOY Mvmt Total revenue 2,360,227 2,954,545 Headline Organic Growth (%) 25%, 22% CC 25%, 23% CC To

  43. Slide 43: Financial performance

    Financial performance H1 FY24 H2 FY24 FY24 H1 FY25 H2 FY25 FY25 H1 FY26 H2 FY26 FY26 For personal use only Total operating revenue 799,547 914,220 1,713,767 995,865 1,106,787 2,102,652 1,194,193 1,558,888 2,753,081 Gross profit 699,790 811,472 1,511,262 885,332 986,918 1,872,250 1,057,013 1,251,608

  44. Slide 44: 2026 Exchange Rates

    2026 Exchange Rates For personal use only Full year ended / as at 31 March 2026 2025 Average rate Closing rate Average rate Closing rate NZD / AUD 0.889 0.834 0.911 0.909 NZD / CAD 0.812 0.796 0.826 0.814 NZD / EUR 0.507 0.499 0.553 0.526 NZD / GBP 0.438 0.434 0.465 0.442 NZD / SGD 0.757 0.738 0.795

  45. Slide 45: Glossary

    Glossary For personal use only Adjusted EBITDA Customers LLMs Adjusted EBITDA (a non-GAAP financial measure) is provided as Xero believes it provides Customers include Xero customers and Melio direct payments customers. A Xero customer Refers to Large Language Models useful information for users to

  46. Slide 46: US disclosure definitions

    US disclosure definitions For personal use only Subscription, invoicing & other revenue Total US direct customer revenue Includes all direct subscription revenue across both Melio and Xero, Invoicing (A/R) related The sum of Subscription, Invoicing & other revenue, and Xero BillPay payments revenue

  47. Slide 47: Contact

    For personal use only Contact Nicole Mehalski Simon Fitzgerald Investor Relations Communications nicole.mehalski@xero.com simon.fitzgerald@xero.com +61 400 947 145 +61 460 294 680 46

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