Half Year 2026 Nuix Ltd Earnings Call Transcript

Feb 22, 2026 / 10:30PM GMT

Key Points

Positve
  • Nuix Ltd (ASX:NXL) reported an 8.4% growth in Annual Contract Value (ACV) to $234.4 million.
  • Revenue increased by 15.2% to $121.2 million, demonstrating strong financial performance.
  • Adjusted management EBITDA rose by 42.6% to $19.1 million, indicating significant operating leverage.
  • The company achieved a material lift in cash generation, ending with a net cash position of $57.8 million.
  • Nuix Ltd launched a comprehensive neo migration program to transition customers to a modern platform, driving ACV growth.
Negative
  • Net Dollar Retention (NDR) decreased to 101% from 109.6% in the prior corresponding period, indicating challenges in retaining existing customer revenue.
  • Component ACV declined by $18.3 million due to downsell in the component customer base and migration to newer solutions.
  • There was a loss of a significant client to a competitor, impacting the NDR negatively.
  • Asia Pacific ACV declined by 8.6%, partly due to the loss of a large legal sector client.
  • The company faces challenges in systematically migrating its customer base to the new platform, which is critical given the weaker NDR outcome.
Operator

Thank you for standing by, and welcome to the Nuix Limited first-half '26 results conference call. (Operator Instructions)

I would now like to hand the conference call over to Mr. John Ruthven, CEO. Please go ahead.

John Ruthven
Nuix Ltd - Interim Chief Executive Officer

Welcome, everyone, and thank you for joining us for Nuix half-year 2026 results presentation. I'm John Ruthven, Nuix's Interim CEO; and with me today is our Chief Financial Officer, Peter McClelland.

I'll begin today with our key messages and metrics for the heart, then discuss Nic, NO, and our strategic positioning in the AI era. Peter will then walk through our financial results in detail. After that, I'll provide our outlook before taking questions.

Let me start with the highlights from the half. We've delivered ACV growth of 8.4% to 234.4 million.

Nuix performance has been strong. ACV grew 148% on PCP to reach 46.8 million, now representing 20% of our ACV.

Revenue grew 15.2% to 121.2 million, driving adjusted management EBITDA to 19.1

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