Accenture reported $37.0B of remaining performance obligations at 31 Aug 2026, up 9% from a year earlier and down 3% from the previous quarter. That is 0.5 years of trailing revenue already under contract. Book-to-bill last quarter: 0.95.
Net new backlog added in the latest quarter: -$1.00B.
Over the last twelve months it turned about 206% of its opening backlog into revenue (12-month conversion).
62% of the backlog is due within the next twelve months.
Twelve-month book-to-bill: 1.04, i.e. 1.04 of new orders for every 1 of revenue recognised.
Backlog growth minus revenue growth: +2 points — orders are running ahead of revenue.
By backlog size it ranks 27th among US filers the cockpit tracks.
Accenture backlog history
Remaining performance obligations at each quarter end (bars) against trailing twelve-month revenue (line).
Amounts in USD. Source: SEC XBRL filings.
Quarter end
Backlog (RPO)
TTM revenue
Coverage
Customer prepayments
31 Aug 2026
$37.0B
$74.2B
0.5 yrs
n/a
31 May 2026
$38.0B
$73.1B
0.5 yrs
n/a
28 Feb 2026
$37.0B
$72.1B
0.5 yrs
n/a
30 Nov 2025
$35.0B
$70.7B
0.5 yrs
n/a
31 Aug 2025
$34.0B
$69.7B
0.5 yrs
n/a
31 May 2025
$33.0B
$68.5B
0.5 yrs
n/a
28 Feb 2025
$31.0B
$67.2B
0.5 yrs
n/a
30 Nov 2024
$29.0B
$66.4B
0.4 yrs
n/a
31 Aug 2024
$30.0B
$64.9B
0.5 yrs
n/a
31 May 2024
$29.0B
$64.5B
0.4 yrs
n/a
30 Nov 2023
$26.0B
$64.6B
0.4 yrs
n/a
31 Aug 2023
$26.0B
$64.1B
0.4 yrs
n/a
Questions
What is Accenture's backlog?
Accenture reported $37.0B of remaining performance obligations at 31 Aug 2026, up 9% from a year earlier and down 3% from the previous quarter. That is 0.5 years of trailing revenue already under contract. Book-to-bill last quarter: 0.95.
How fast does Accenture's backlog turn into revenue?
Over the last twelve months Accenture recognised revenue equal to about 206% of the backlog it started each quarter with.
About these numbers
Remaining performance obligations (RPO) are revenue a company has contracted but not yet recognised, as reported in its SEC filings (XBRL tag RevenueRemainingPerformanceObligation). Coverage = backlog ÷ trailing twelve-month revenue. Book-to-bill = (change in backlog + revenue) ÷ revenue. Conversion = revenue recognised ÷ the backlog at the start of each quarter, summed over four quarters. Counterparty values come from company filings and releases.