Cognyte Software reported $557M of remaining performance obligations at 31 Jan 2026, up 2% from a year earlier. That is 1.4 years of trailing revenue already under contract.
Over the last twelve months it turned about 73% of its opening backlog into revenue (12-month conversion).
66% of the backlog is due within the next twelve months.
Customer prepayments (contract liabilities) cover 18.4% of the backlog.
Twelve-month book-to-bill: 1.03, i.e. 1.03 of new orders for every 1 of revenue recognised.
Backlog growth minus revenue growth: -12 points — revenue is catching up with orders.
The latest filed figure is more than 200 days old.
Cognyte Software 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 Jan 2026
$557M
$400M
1.4 yrs
$102M
31 Jan 2025
$546M
$351M
1.6 yrs
$108M
31 Jan 2024
$592M
$313M
1.9 yrs
$93.8M
31 Jan 2023
$583M
$312M
1.9 yrs
$94.9M
31 Jan 2022
$512M
$474M
1.1 yrs
$83.2M
31 Jan 2021
$552M
$444M
1.2 yrs
$127M
31 Jan 2020
$582M
$457M
1.3 yrs
$144M
Questions
What is Cognyte Software's backlog?
Cognyte Software reported $557M of remaining performance obligations at 31 Jan 2026, up 2% from a year earlier. That is 1.4 years of trailing revenue already under contract.
How fast does Cognyte Software's backlog turn into revenue?
Over the last twelve months Cognyte Software recognised revenue equal to about 73% 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.