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LuxExperience B.V. Q4 F2026 Earnings Call Transcript
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Greetings and welcome to the Lux Experience fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2026 earnings conference call. At this time, all participants are in listen-only mode. Today's call is being recorded and we have allocated one hour for prepared remarks and Q&A. It is now my pleasure to introduce your host, Martin Beer, the Chief Financial Officer of Lux Experience. Thank you, sir. Please begin.
Martin Beer
Chief Financial Officer
Thank you, Operator, and welcome everyone to the Lux Experience investor conference call for the fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2026, ended June 30, 2026. With me today is our CEO, Michael Kliger. Before we begin, I would like to remind you that our discussions today will include forward-looking statements. Any comments we make about expectations, including our guidance for fiscal year 2027, and our medium-term targets are forward-looking statements and are subject to risks and uncertainties, including risks and uncertainties described in our annual report. Many factors could cause actual results to differ materially, and we are on no duty to update forward-looking statements. In addition, we will refer to certain financial measures not reported in accordance with IFS on this call. You can find reconciliations of these non-IFS financial measures in our earnings press release Thank you, Martin.
Michael Kliger
Chief Executive Officer
Also, from my side, a very warm welcome to all of you, and thank you for joining our call. We will comment today on the results and performance of the fourth quarter of for Lux Experience. We are very pleased with our results as they demonstrate that our group transformation is going very well and that we are outperforming the market. At group level, we have delivered on our full SysGear 26 guidance as we achieved a GMB growth of plus 2.9% at constant currency and delivered a positive group adjusted EBTA margin of plus We believe these are remarkable results just 15 months after taking over a financially distressed YNAB business. Compared to fiscal year 25, and considering all capitalized tech expenses, we have boosted group-adjusted EBITDA by 64 million euros. Even more exciting, we achieved in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 26 a GMV growth of plus 7.9% at constant currency and a group adjusted EBITDA margin of plus 2.1%. In the fourth quarter, we had positive top-line growth in all of our three reporting segments. At MyTereza, we have set again the gold standard in the fourth quarter in terms of growth and profitability. The success is based on outstanding customer economics and a resilient, profitable business model. This is exactly the formula that we now apply to Net-A-Porter and Mr. Porter. In the fourth quarter, Net-A-Porter and Mr. Porter combined now also delivered positive growth and profitability. It uses our strategy to focus on the healthy core of the business and make the business model leaner is now showing clear results. In the fourth quarter, yokes achieved a positive top-line growth and losses were cut almost in half compared to Q4 of fiscal year 25. With the tremendous progress made in the past 12 months and the strong business momentum in Q4 of fiscal year 26, We are clearly on track to achieve our medium-term targets of group net sales of €4 billion and an adjusted EBTA margin of 7-9%. Before the fiscal year 2027, we expect accelerated top-line growth and further increased group adjusted EBTA margin. Our strong current trading reinforces our continued positive business momentum. Martin will later clarify our guidance for fiscal year 2027. Let me now comment in more detail on the performance of the Maite Reza business. We again outperformed the industry with double-digit top-line growth and strong profitability. By focusing on wardrobe building, big spending customers, Maite Reza possesses a very resilient and consistent business model driven by superior customer economics. A clear strategic focus and the excellent execution allowed MyTheresa to become a 1 billion euro business in fiscal year 26, marking a significant milestone in the company's success story. In Q4 of fiscal year 2026, MyTheresa grew its net sales by plus 10.2% on constant currency basis compared to Q4 of fiscal year 2025. and for the full fiscal year 2026 by 11.5% on constant currency basis compared to full fiscal year 2025. In the United States, the Maitreya business grew net sales by plus 39.3% on constant currency basis in Q4 fiscal year 26 compared to Q4 fiscal year 25. For the full fiscal year, the U.S. accounted for 23.8% of net sales of MyTheresa's total visits. MyTheresa's strengths and resilience are driven by its superior customary knock economics. In the fourth quarter of fiscal year 26, the number of top customers at MyTheresa grew by plus 18% compared to the prior year period. Furthermore, the average spend per top customer in terms of GMV grew by plus 4.8% in Q4 fiscal year 26 versus Q4 fiscal year 25, and plus 4.3% for the full fiscal year 26. The average order value last 12 months for MyTheresa increased by a remarkable plus 13.1% to a record high of 875 Euro in Q4 fiscal year 26. The success of the focus on selling full-price high-end luxury products to top customers is also evident by the fact that top customers accounted for 4.8% of all customers in numbers, but for 48.4% in terms of total GMV in fiscal year 26. The continued focus on selling full price also drove again the gross profit margin increase of plus 150 basis points in Q4 fiscal year 26 compared to Q4 fiscal year 25. Lastly, Maite Reza's excellent customer service proposition is highlighted by our Internal Net Promoter Score of 83.6% in Q40's year 26. All these figures demonstrate the fundamental strength and continued success of the Maite Reza business based on superior customer economics. The success with big spending, wardrobe building customers, also makes Maite Reza a highly desired partner for the world's most prestigious luxury brands. In the fourth quarter of this year, 26, Maite Reza launched 11 exclusive capsules collections and featured four exclusive pre-launches or exclusive styles campaigns. In collaboration with luxury brands such as Dolce & Gabbana, Pucci, Prada, Bottega Veneta, and Brioni, amongst many others. We are also very proud to have recently started digital partnerships with two new true luxury brands, Fendi and Piaget, which are now available on MyTheresa. Please see our investor presentation for more details on brand collaborations. The fourth quarter of 2026, MyTheresa also hosted more than 14 global top customer events, and six exclusive Money Can't Buy events with luxury brands, including Zimmerman, Dolce & Gabbana and Brioni, across Europe, the United States and Asia, creating a strong sense of community for its top customers. MyTheresa also returned with a second edition of Maison MyTheresa, creating a successful yacht experience along the French Riviera, hosting 29 events in 12 days, which hosted 790 customers on the boat. Please see our investor presentation for more details on these unique money can buy experiences. To sum it up, MyTheresa reaffirmed its clear leadership position in the digital multi-brand luxury landscape in fiscal year 2026. MyTheresa sets the standard by delivering profitable growth based on its focus on big spending top customers. It thus also serves as the internal blueprint for the successful turnaround of Net-a-Porter and Mr. Porter. Martin will later show how the strong top-line results of MyTheresa translated into excellent bottom-line results. Let me now comment on the luxury segment comprised of Net-a-Porter and Mr. Porter. We are in high gear re-establishing both as leading digital multi-brand destinations for luxury fashion shoppers seeking editorial inspiration and brand discovery. By applying the secret sauce of Lux Experience, namely an obsessive focus on best customers, full price selling, and cost discipline, we are successfully rebuilding strength and resilience in their business models. For the first time since the acquisition, Metaporté and Mr. Porter combined Achieved top-line growth and a positive bottom line in the last quarter of fiscal year 2026. Net sales increased by plus 5.6% on constant currency basis in Q4 fiscal year 2026 versus Q4 fiscal 25 and for the full fiscal year 2026 by plus 0.5% compared to full fiscal year 2025 for Net-a-Porter and Mr. Porter combined. In the United States, Net sales increased by plus 15.1% on a constant currency basis in Q4 fiscal year 26 compared to Q4 fiscal year 25. For the full fiscal year, the United States accounted for 49.6% of net sales of the total business of both stores combined. Improved and strong customer economics are also key for the success of Notte Porte and Mr. Porter. The fourth quarter of fiscal year 26, after an initial focus on the quality of the customer base in the first quarters, we increased again the number of top customers by plus 3.2% compared to Q3 fiscal year 26. Moreover, the average spend in terms of GMV per top customer increased by plus 9.4% in Q4 fiscal year 26 versus Q4 fiscal year 25, and plus 5.3% The average order value last 12 months increased by plus 9.1% to €885 to Net-a-Porter and Mr. Porter combined, in Q4 fiscal year 26. As a consequence of the renewed focus on the best customers at Net-a-Porter and Mr. Porter, their top customers accounted for 4.3% of all customers in numbers, but for 49.1% in terms of total GMV in fiscal year 26. The clear focus on full price selling to top customers instead of promotional discounting drove also a gross profit margin increase of plus 170 basis points in full fiscal year 26 compared to fiscal year 25. The customer satisfaction net of top pay measured by our internal NPS remained at 59.7% in Q4 due to shipping backlogs in the warehouses, but for the full fiscal year 26, the NPS increased by plus 6.7 percentage points compared to fiscal year 25. All these KPIs confirm a significantly improved quality of the customer economics and business models of Net-a-Porter and Mr. Porter. In line with their position as the leading digital multi-brand destinations for luxury fashion shoppers seeking editorial inspiration and brand discovery, Metaporté and Mr. Porter launched, in the fourth quarter of his year 26, 36 editorial campaigns for exclusive brands and product launches with brands such as Chloé, Kate, Carolina Herrera, Tom Ford, Brunello Cucinelli, and Celine, amongst others. Net-a-Porter also hosted 11 unique experiences for their EIPs, the so-called Extremely Important People, with brand partners such as Kate, Chloé, Gucci, and Schiaparelli in the United States and Europe in Q4. Net-a-Porter also continued to boost its editorial strengths with exclusive Porter cover stories that generated a reach of $194 million in Q4 fiscal year 26. Please see our investor presentation for more details on the unique editorial content and exclusive activations of Net-A-Porter. Mr. Porter hosted six unique EIP experiences with brand partners including Zegna and Ralph Lauren in the United States and Italy. Mr. Porter also continued to strengthen its editorial voice with its journal, pushing brands, advice, and style stories. In total, the top journal stories reached over 13 million views. Please see our investor presentation for more details on Mr. Porter's unique editorial content and exclusive activations. To sum it up, Net-A-Porter and Mr. Porter are re-establishing themselves as leading digital multi-brand destinations for luxury fashion shoppers seeking editorial inspiration and brand discovery. Positive top-line growth. Improved Custom Economics and positive bottom line results in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 26 underline the success of the ongoing business transformation. Martin will later provide more details on the bottom line results of the luxury segment comprised of Net-a-Porter and Mr. Porter. Lastly, let me comment on Nuke's business performance. Our strategic focus on the core European markets and a leaner operating model align with the lower margin and lower average order value nature of the off-price business is already showing clear results. Positive top-line growth in the fourth quarter and adjusted EBTA losses, almost half, speak to the success of the transformation thus far. This business momentum was further enhanced by Juke's brand activations throughout the quarter, to reinforce its position as the leading destination for long-lasting luxury fashion built around individual creativity, culture, and community. In Q4 fiscal year 26, net sales for ukes increased by plus 6.6% on constant currency basis versus Q4 fiscal year 25, and for the full fiscal year 26, net sales increased contracted by minus 5.8% compared to full fiscal year 2025. The net sales growth in Q4 was also driven by extraordinary inventory clearance, but most important was that in Europe, excluding the UK, Jukes increased net sales by plus 22.7% compared to Q4 fiscal year 2025. For the full fiscal year 2026, net sales in Europe, excluding the UK, grew by plus 10.9%, and accounted for 61.3% of net sales of the total Ux business. The strong momentum in the European markets validates the strategy to focus on a healthy and more profitable core of the business. Besides the overall net sales increase for Ux in Q4 fiscal year 26, the average spend per top spending customer in terms of GMV grew by plus 12.3%. The average order value last 12 months decreased by minus 3.5% to 243 Euro in Q4 fiscal year 26. However, this was also driven by the reduced focus on the high AUV overseas markets. In Europe, excluding the UK, the AUV last 12 months increased by plus 2.1% in Q4 fiscal year 26. The gross profit margin decreased in Q4 fiscal year 26, driven by the mentioned destocking push. With a full fiscal year 26, the gross profit margin grew by plus 120 basis points to 38.5%, driven by a much more demand-driven pricing system, increasing the share of first-price sales. Yuke's customer satisfaction measured by our internal NPS reached 49.1% in Q4 fiscal year 26, increasing by 1,520 basis points compared to Q4 fiscal year 25, showcasing also the effect of the Lux Experience secret sauce on Yuke's customer service operations. All the above KPIs demonstrate that the strategic focus on the healthy core is resulting in much improved customer economics. In the fourth quarter of this year, 26, you leveraged its 26th anniversary to drive brand engagement, consideration, and new customer acquisitions through flagship community events in Milan and Forte dei Mari. The corresponding social media campaigns generated over 30 million estimated reach, almost 550,000 campaign page visits, and nearly 1,000 new customer registrations. These initiatives successfully leveraged a brand milestone into measurable commercial and brand performance, reinforcing youth's evolution into a culturally relevant lifestyle brand. Please see our investor presentation for more details on these events and activations. To sum it up, the focus on a healthy core for Ukes and a lean operating model as part of our transformation plan is already showing great results. We are successfully rebuilding the position of Ukes as the leading destination for long-lasting luxury fashion built around individual creativity, culture, and community. Martin will speak shortly to the tremendous improvements we made to the bottom line of Utz and Vispia 26. And now, after having reviewed the very strong commercial results and business improvements across all three reporting segments, I hand over to Martin to discuss the financial results in more detail.
Martin Beer
Chief Financial Officer
Thank you, Michael. In this call, I will focus the top line development on net sales and constant currency. But before I will provide you with more details on Luck Experience Group and individual segment performance, let me summarize the financial highlights looking back into the full fiscal year 26 and fiscal Q4 ended June 30, 2026. We have delivered on our full year guidance on top and bottom line. With one year into our transformation, we're already breaking even on adjusted EBITDA for the full year, have no bank debt in our balance sheet, and 442 million euro cash and cash investments, better than expected. In fiscal year 26, we achieved significant cost savings in SG&A of around 55 million euro, or minus 9.9%. The last three months of the fiscal year, running from April to June, stood as an inflection point in our overall transformation. Net sales in the quarter grew by plus 7.6% at Lux Experience, the highest in any quarter of this fiscal year. In fiscal Q4, we decreased our SG&A cost ratio by 400 basis points, from 21.6% to 17.6% versus prior year Q4. Adjusted EBITDA margin for Lux Experience stood at a positive plus 2.1%, the third consecutive quarter with positive and increasing adjusted EBITDA. These strong Lux Experience numbers are based on impressive performance at all segments. MyTresa, again, with double-digit net sales growth in the quarter, at plus 10.2% and further strong increase of adjusted EBITDA by plus 10.9% in the quarter compared to previous year. Inflection point at net Mississippi reporting plus 5.6% net sales growth for the first time and also achieving positive adjusted EBITDA profitability in the quarter. Use as well. and for the first time re-embarking on net sales growth with plus 6.6% in the quarter. In addition, impressive profitability improvement at use with 920 basis points increase in adjusted EBITDA versus Q4 of fiscal year 25. SG&A expenses at use decreased by minus 20% versus the previous year quarter. And now, as usual, I will first review in more detail Lux Experience Performance at total segments view and then walk you through our three business segments Luxury Mitresa, Luxury Net-a-Quotient Mr. Porter and the off-price business of Jukes. As mentioned before in this call, I will focus top-line development on net sales in constant currency. Our GMV numbers follow a similar pattern and are as always fully disclosed in our press release, investor presentation and annual report. In addition, all numbers in previous year include capitalized IT expenses for a true life-for-life comparison. We discontinued this practice for the acquisition. Unless otherwise stated, all numbers refer to Euro. Lux Experience grew net sales by plus 7.6% in fiscal Q4. This was the strongest quarter year-over-year growth in the fiscal year. In fiscal Q4, we achieved a positive adjusted EBITDA margin of plus 2.1%, marking our third consecutive quarter with positive adjusted EBITDA profitability. The success is also visible in the strong sequential adjusted EBITDA margin improvement, looking at the six-month period to reduce the seasonality effects. Fiscal H2 adjusted EBITDA margin improved by 220 basis points compared to fiscal H1 For the full fiscal year 26, and in line with our expectations, our adjusted EBITDA margin returned to positive territory, improving 260 basis points to 0.4% compared to the prior year. And please remember, this turnaround comes after years of X, Y, and M, with a persistent lack of profitability, with a peak of a negative minus 175 million EBITDA in their fiscal year 24. As you know, one key driver of improved profitability is our focus on SG&A cost savings. In Q4, Lux Experience SG&A cost ratio improved significantly by 400 basis points to 17.6% compared to 21.6% in the prior year quarter. If you look in the course of fiscal year 26 and on a quarter by quarter basis, the SGD cost ratio dropped in total by 430 basis points from 21.9% in Q1 to 19.1% in Q2, further improving to 18.3% in Q3 to now 17.6% in Q4 fiscal year 26. In the full fiscal year, 26 SG&A expenses went down by 55 million, or minus 9.9% of the cost base. In the fourth quarter of fiscal year, we generated a positive operating cash flow of plus 9 million euros. Operating cash burn in the full fiscal year was at minus 108 million, significantly better than the minus $120 million maximum operating cash burden communicated previously. As mentioned before, the group ended the fiscal year with a continued strong balance sheet and no bank debt, holding cash and cash investments of $442 million. Noteworthy is that we have Citibank join our existing strategic banking partners, Unicredit, J.P. Morgan, and Commerzbank for our long-term value creation setup. With that, our banking RCF also increased by 25 million to now 125 million. Despite strong top line growth, inventory on Group Level only increased by plus 3.7% compared to the end of the last fiscal year. We are pleased to share that on September 3rd, management received the authorization for a share repurchase program of our ADRs, which may be executed through an accelerated share repurchase program and at management's discretion, based on market conditions. We have not implemented the repurchase program as of now, and there is no guarantee that we may do so. Let me now review the performance of our MyTresor business. We have seen continued strong net sales growth on all fronts. During the fourth quarter of fiscal year 26, net sales grew by plus 10.2% to $269.2 million compared to the prior year period. For the full year, net sales grew by plus 11.5% to $994.3 million. We continue to significantly take market share. In Q4, myTrees' gross profit margin increased by 150 base points. to 49.7% compared to 48.3% in Q4 fiscal year 25. For the full fiscal year, MITRE's gross profit margin increased by 150 basis points to 48.5%. We were able to again significantly improve the gross profit margin, driven by our successful focus on full price. delivering a continuous gross profit margin increase while at the same time taking market share with double-digit top-line growth is a testament to the strength of our position. Subsequently, the adjusted EBITDA margin at MyTresa expanded 20 basis points during the quarter to 6.6% as compared to 6.5% in the prior year period. For the full fiscal year, The adjusted EBITDA margin significantly improved by 140 basis points, from 4.9% to 6.3%. On absolute terms, adjusted EBITDA grew by plus 39.8% to a record 62.3 million in the full fiscal year. At my Chesa, IEPA Territory Funds in Q4 We have successfully coped with various terrorist situations in the past quarters and years and expect to do so in the future. From fiscal year 24 to fiscal year 26, we were able to increase the adjusted EBITDA margin by 320 basis points. We are continuing our effective inventory management with inventory levels at MyTheresa up only plus 3.9% despite continuous double-digit top-line growth. In fiscal year 26, MyTheresa had a positive operating cash flow of around plus 20 million. Being able to achieve strong operating cash flow even with double-digit top-line growth highlights the reliability and resilience of our business model. Let me now comment on the luxury Net-a-Porter and Mr. Porter segment in more detail. In the fourth quarter, Net-a-Porter and Mr. Porter delivered a clear turnaround across both top and bottom line, driven by strong execution of our new leadership teams and the success of our transformation plan. During the fourth quarter of fiscal year 26, net sales increased by plus 5.6% to $273.9 million compared to the prior year period. For the full fiscal year, net sales grew by 0.5% to $994.8 million. This stands as an inflection point as the NABLA CP segment had experienced continued strong revenue decline in preceding years and in preceding quarters, As we accepted, revenue decline was stronger focus on higher quality customer cohorts. It is reassuring to now report top line growth on the basis of a much stronger customer file. In addition, our commitment to full price selling drove a strong cross-public margin increase of 160 basis points to 48.3% in the second half of fiscal year 26 compared to the first half for the full fiscal year 26, the gross profit margin increased as well by 170 basis points from 45.9% in fiscal year 25 to 47.5% in fiscal year 26. Lowering our cost base remains the central pillar of our transformation and our SG&A cost improvements showed acceleration throughout fiscal year 26. For Q4, our SG&A cost ratio improved 500 basis points year over year from 24.5% to 19.5%. The SG&A cost ratio in the second half of fiscal year 26 improved by 350 basis points, which is the first half of the fiscal year. In absolute terms, Already in the first year of our transformation at the NetMisterP segment, we achieved 29.8 million Euro as generic cost savings versus Fiske at 25 or minus 11% of the cost base. In Fiske Q4, the 19.5% cost ratio at NetMisterP was still 700 basis points higher than at MyTresa. and thus still leaves significant opportunity for further cost savings, especially in tech and operations. On the bottom line, we're very proud to report that this is our first quarter in fiscal year 26, achieving positive adjusted EBITDA at net Mr. P, coming in at a 2.7% margin. This milestone marks a significant step forward representing an expansion of 230 basis points compared to Q4 of last year. With this, H2 of fiscal year 26 was also already positive on adjusted EBITDA level at a plus 1.2% margin versus minus 2.5% in fiscal H1. At Nat Mississippi, IE Pottery Free Funds had a positive effect of 250 basis points in the adjusted EBITDA margin in the quarter. The effect is stronger than at Mitresa, given the operational setup of NEP Mr. P with a warehouse in the U.S. and a higher U.S. revenue share. Even if you take out the IEPA tariff refund effect, fiscal Q4 would still be positive as NEP Mr. P. The NAPIS2P operational setup is fully capable of dealing with various tariff situations and is expected to continue to do so. Inventory levels at NAPIS2P are slightly up, plus 5.5% to previous year, and going forward, we will continue to enable top-line growth at NAPIS2P with adequate working capital. Before reviewing YUK's financial performance, I want to note that following the successful sale of the outlet at the end of April, we also concluded our transition services agreement with the buyer at the end of July 2026. Concluding this final step in the divestment allows us to fully concentrate our resources on driving our core off-price business at Jux. In line with our transformation plan, At Jukes, we're focusing on the healthy core of the business, de-prioritizing overseas markets with high cost to serve and implementing a lean operating model supported by simplified off-price tech environment. As Michael mentioned, and similar to Net Mississippi, we achieved top-line growth at Jukes already in the fourth quarter. Net sales for the quarter came in at 110.5 million, representing growth of plus 6.6%. A key focus of our transformation is on implementing a highly efficient operational structure tailored to the lower AOV and slightly lower gross margin nature of the off-price business. Our SG&A cost ratio in H2 of fiscal year 26 compared to H2 of the previous year improved significantly by 560 basis points from 29.4% to 23.8%. This equals to 17.5 million absolute cost savings, or minus 23.3% of the cost base. The acceleration is also visible throughout fiscal year 26, as the H1 SG&A cost ratio was at 28.1%, 430 basis points higher than in H2 of fiscal year 26. at 23.8%. On the back of these SG&A cost savings, adjusted EBITDA improved significantly in fiscal year 26. The Q4 adjusted EBITDA margin in fiscal year 26 was at minus 10.5% versus minus 19.8% in the previous year. This represents a 920 basis points margin improvement. The acceleration during fiscal year 26 is also visible in comparing the minus 7.8% margin in fiscal year H2 with minus 10.9% in fiscal year H1. A 300 cent base point margin improvement from H1 to H2 of fiscal year 26. Inventory levels at Ux were stable at plus 0.3% versus previous year. Let's look ahead to fiscal year 27, which has already started in July 26. We are very proud of the significant progress achieved in fiscal year 26, which will have a full year effect in fiscal year 27, on top to additional measures already defined. Supported by our transformation activities in fiscal year 26, net sales showed an increase of plus 3.2%, With the top line success of Q4 and our visibility into Q1 of FY27, we expect to grow mid to high single digit at group level for FY27 in total. On bottom line, in FY26 we achieved a break even for the full year and a plus 1.7% adjusted EBITDA margin in H2 of FY26. For fiscal year 27, we expect the adjusted EBITDA margin at around 2% to 3%. To give you some broader commercial context on the business, I would also like to provide indications for our three segments. At my Teresa, for fiscal year 27, on top line, we expect continued high single-digit to low double-digit growth and adjusted EBITDA profitability slightly better then in full fiscal year 26. At net, Mr. P., continued growth, top line mid-single digit and around 100 to 200 basis points adjusted EBITDA margin improvement compared to full fiscal year 26, not compared to Q4. At use, we expect mid-single digit top line growth with the adjusted EBITDA margin remaining negative in the mid-single-digit range. We expect to reach adjusted EBITDA break-even at Jukes in fiscal year 28. Given the seasonality of our business, the strong fiscal Q4 performance for the Group should not be expected throughout fiscal year 27. Fiscal Q1 and Q3 usually have a lower performance, and fiscal Q2 and Q4 have a stronger performance than the average. For the current fiscal Q1, which runs from July to September 26th, we are very pleased with the performance. Therefore, on group level, we expect high single-digit net sales growth, and a just slightly negative adjusted EBITDA margin, which is a strong improvement to prior years adjusted EBITDA margin. So we expect a significantly improved Q1 performance. Beyond fiscal year 27, we expect on top line a 10 to 15 percent CAGR in the next years. On bottom line and in the years after fiscal year 27, We expect an annual 150 to 250 basis points increase in adjusted EBITDA profitability until we reach 7 to 9% adjusted EBITDA margin medium term at 4 billion net sales. We have a strong cash position today and anticipate the remaining transformation in the next two years to absorb and another 150 to 250 million total cash fund. We therefore expect to have a significant cash buffer during and after the transformation of a minimum of around 200 to 300 million euros without adding any cash utilization of our ICFs. On September 3rd, management received the authorization for share repurchase program of our ADRs, which may be executed for accelerated share repurchases, and at management's discretion, based on market conditions. We have not implemented the repurchase program as of now, and there is no guarantee that we may do so. In summary, we are at an inflection point for Lux Experience. After the first year of our transformation, we are already breaking even on adjusted EBITDA. All segments are set for further growth in fiscal year 27 to take significant market share and in total a 2-3% adjusted EBITDA margin. We expect to grow even stronger with further improving industry sentiment. The turnaround of XYNet is bearing fruit with significant sequential and accelerating SG&A cost savings and adjusted EBITDA improvements. We have a significant cash buffer to weather any further macro uncertainties. We are committed to continue our track record of diligently executing our plans and delivering what we target. And with this, I hand over to Michael for his concluding remarks. Thank you, Martin.
Michael Kliger
Chief Executive Officer
Lux Experience. The strength of our businesses is based on resilient business models and superior custom economics. The results of Q4 Fiscal Year 26 underline this and show the tremendous progress we have achieved in our transformation plan in just the last 12 months. We have delivered on our fiscal year guidance, Mytheresa again performed best in class in the sector, Metaporter and Mr. Porter achieved a clear turnaround, and Jux is in high gear to achieve the same. We have proven that at Lux Experience we possess the secret sauce in digital luxury. You just heard from Martin for Fiscal Year 27, we now expect a further acceleration of top-line growth and even healthier profitability. As a group, we are well positioned to benefit from the sustained growth of digital luxury and the improvements in the global luxury sector. We expect to continue to generate enormous value for our customers, brand partners, and shareholders. And with that, I ask the operator to open the line for your questions.
Operator
Conference Operator
We will now begin the question and answer session. Please limit yourself to one question and one follow up. If you would like to ask a question, please press star one to raise your hand. To withdraw your question, press star one again. We ask that you pick up your handset when asking a question to allow for optimum sound quality. And if you were muted locally, Please remember to unmute your device. Please stand by while we compile the Q&A roster. Your first question comes from the line of Oliver Chen with TD Cowen. Oliver, your line is open. Please go ahead.
Oliver Chen
Analyst, TD Cowen
Especially in the U.S., very impressive. Regarding the guidance and the modeling, what should we know about gross margin relative to SG&A and how are you seeing merchandise margins evolving for next year in terms of promotional levels and what may happen for gross margin? Michael, it would also be helpful to brief us a bit on what you're seeing regionally between all the momentum and share gains in the U.S. relative to Europe and any distinctions that you'd want to make there because E.R.P. platform migration But as we look ahead, it sounds like you're looking for the negative mid-single-digit range still, but we'd love to put some takes on profitability there, given the repositioning underway. Thanks a lot.
Michael Kliger
Chief Executive Officer
Okay, let me take on the geography and ERP questions, Oliver, and then Martin takes on the margin and UX profitability. So, geography-wise, as stated, the U.S. is, at the moment... The fastest growing digital luxury market. The growth rates we deliver for us clearly indicate we are taking market share because this is even better than what we see and hear from others in the U.S. market. The U.S. consumer is really willing to spend particularly at the very high end that we focus on. Europe continues to be a good market but Europe is polarized regionally but also probably more polarized by by the different segments, we see real pockets of strengths where wealth has agglomerated, be it Italy, be it Spain, Portugal, Greece, there's a lot of influx of new money. That Europe is also a great success case for Jukes is to us no surprise, because at the same time we see in some markets really sluggish demand for Luxury products, be it France, Germany, and I mean domestic, not tourism demand, but here the polarization is of course also helping us on the other end of the portfolio spectrum with Zouk's success. Middle East, the demand has come back, Arabic Peninsula demand has come back, but of course there's still weekly, monthly swings to the positive or to the negative, and also a lot of the demand of our customers in the last months happened abroad, so we will see how much the domestic demand of those clients that we continue to serve 12 months around will pick up as we move now back to the region September, October, November. And lastly, China, greater China, We believe that at the beginning of the year we will see the bottom and it will rapidly improve. The summer was disappointing, while Southeast Asia still offers opportunities. But for Net-A-Porter, Mr. Porter, for my Teresa, the U.S. is the focus. That's where our marketing spend pays off nicely. For Jukes, it's really the core market Europe, 23% growth in the last quarter. Fantastic for that. So, we're very pleased with that. On the ERP side, we make continuous progress. We will have a big replacement of many different elements. The HRS system has already been introduced globally in May. The ERP system for Net-A-Porter, Mr. Porter, has been upgraded to BC Central and is live. So we've done the switch. ERP upgrades can be quite disturbing to business. We have done so with very little disturbance to the business. So we are running now in B.C. Central both Maite Reza and Mr. Porter. There will be another big system upgrade in autumn on all the buying and merchandising business. and the web shop migration continues to progress very well. We have the very first demo sessions on the app, on the website, so we are fully in line, if not even slightly ahead on the systems upgrades. Martin?
Martin Beer
Chief Financial Officer
Yeah, happy to take the margin questions, or exactly, as you say, the profitability improvement is coming from top line, but also on a cost ratio perspective or income ratio on gross profit margin, where we expect continuous further improvement, and especially on the SG&A cost ratio, especially at that MSRP and YUX. Their significant improvements and also the top line will obviously help also on the cost ratio to get that closer to the buy trees benchmark level. LUX especially, I mean we had in the full fiscal year 26 reported top line, decline minus 8.4%. and we guide Fiskear 27 to mid-single digit decline driven by what Michael said, refocus on the European geography with continuous focus on the healthy core customer because we are really focusing on, you know, turning use around and increasing significantly, increasing profitability. For Fiskear 26, we report that minus 9.4% adjusted EBITDA margin and for fiscal year 27 now with the continuous efforts that we're doing on especially on SG&A then guide to a mid single digit negative profitability so again almost halving the losses there and also I had earlier communicated that For FY28, we clearly target and expect the turnaround at Jukes on adjusted EBITDA level.
Oliver Chen
Analyst, TD Cowen
Thank you. Best regards.
Operator
Conference Operator
Your next question comes from the line of Blake Anderson with Jefferies. Blake, your line is open. Please go ahead.
Blake Anderson
Analyst, Jefferies
Thanks for taking my question. So I wanted to start off with the guidance in terms of the mid to high single digit sales growth. Sounds like you guided high single for Q1, so it's off to a stronger start. How should we think about the likelihood that for the full year you reach high single versus slowing down to mid single? Just wondering kind of how you're thinking about the back half. Are you being prudent or are there puts and takes to think about why the business might slow in Q2 through Q4?
Martin Beer
Chief Financial Officer
Blake, thanks for the question. The good thing is, as we report now, and the Q1 is almost finished, we obviously have clear visibility in Q1, and I'm very happy with the overall performance. So, fiscal year 26 was strong, we enter fiscal year 27 with a strong Q1. which is great. And obviously, as you know, there are multiple factors, not only on seasonality, how Q2 and Q4 will play out, our strong quarters, fiscal Q2 and Q4, and how fiscal Q3 will turn out as we had a very strong fiscal Q3 in the last... This is clearly too early to tell. But to guide for the whole group, to mid to high single digits, I think is a huge progress that we see, that we saw in Q4, and then now guide for the full fiscal year. And obviously that implies, and we also gave a bit of a color on the second performance, that all three segments have strong top-line growth. MyTrees, Net-a-Pottery, Mr. Porter, and Yuke's. So continued commercial success, and we're really happy and therefore have a strong guidance for fiscal year 27.
Blake Anderson
Analyst, Jefferies
Thank you. And as a follow-up on the MyTheresa AOV growth remains double digits. It seems like that's really driving the business with shipments closer to flat. Can you talk about the drivers of that AOV growth? Anything in terms of like-to-like price increase, category mix? and many more. Thank you.
Michael Kliger
Chief Executive Officer
Thank you very much. It's a mix effect that shows for the company, if the share of the business with top customer goes up to almost 50%, the 1,200, 1,300 AOV baskets of those customers take a bigger weight without significantly changing the items. We do see also another big influence is the increasing Expansion of Fine Jewelry. We have Bulgari on MyTheresa. We launched Piaget on MyTheresa. We have Cartier, Vacheron. So we have a really good representation and see increasing appetite for also fine jewelry in the range of 20,000 to 80,000 euros per piece. So that also drives but fully pays into the focus on top customers. On the success in Europe, There is a polarization, and there is, of course, let's call it for better words, middle-class luxury spend customer who think twice now how much they spend. There is inflationary pressure. There's energy prices. So we believe having yokes in the portfolio that offers luxury fashion at deeper discounts because they're off-season, because they're one-year-old items, But for people that want to have great brands at those prices, it's a great offer. And the focus on Europe is engineered. We have an AUV of 250 to 243, I believe, in nukes. And so it makes much more sense to incur shipping costs for Europe, for the continent, than trying to compete at this stage. in the U.S. or in Japan for big business. That may change in the future, but at the moment we focus on the healthy core.
Blake Anderson
Analyst, Jefferies
Very helpful. Thanks so much.
Operator
Conference Operator
Your next question comes from the line of Anna Gluskin with B. Riley. Anna, your line is open. Please go ahead.
Anna Gluskin
Analyst, B. Riley
Hi, good morning. Thanks for taking my question. I had a few on and Matt Apporter and Mr. Porter. First, great to see the acceleration except that in the U.S. from 3.7 to 15.1. Please, if you can unpack, if there was anything one time in the quarter that we should be aware of. And then, secondly, in the past, you've discussed bringing up the marketing spend to be a parity with the My Teresa business. Now that you've invested more in marketing, are you satisfied with this level of marketing spend? Thank you.
Michael Kliger
Chief Executive Officer
There's no one-time effect that drove the really nice top line for Net-A-Porter, Mr. Porter in the U.S. It's just our marketing gets better, our curation gets better, we upgraded or completely changed our customer messaging backbone, ripped out the old infrastructure, put a new infrastructure, our storytelling has completely been redone by the team since January and all of that resonates. and then you put on top of it a lot of activations, of course, also focused on the U.S. customers, focused on the U.S. market. That's the formula and it's not defining the formula, it's executing that makes the difference and therefore our guidance that Martin laid out is completely based on continuing exactly on that trajectory so that the last quarter was not a one-time-off. We will see continued success. Net-a-Porter and Mr. Porter, almost 50% of their business is based in the U.S. So that always has been and will be a stronghold, and we just kicked off New York Fashion Week with big campaigns, big events, also by Net-a-Porter in New York, and thus... This is not a one-off, this is a continuation and marketing expense. We are very happy with what we see. It's a dual effort. The marketing costs of Net-A-Porter have a higher share of editorial content. We launched a Porter Magazine cover with Cindy Crawford. On that basis we had an event last week with Cindy and her friends in New York. We launched a Porta Magazine with Serena Billions on it and she also attended the event so that's an important part of it but then also digital marketing we completely exchanged the tools and more importantly algorithms and get better and better now I mean something we have done since 2017 on MyTeresa so all of that pays off but we have just started there's so much more we can do and it works so We are very happy with the spending level and if we see more opportunity, we will actually spend more.
Anna Gluskin
Analyst, B. Riley
Great. Thank you.
Operator
Conference Operator
We have time for one more question. Our final question will be Cedric Norris with Morgan Stanley. This concludes today's call. Thank you for attending. You may now disconnect.