Global Payments reported $860M of remaining performance obligations at 30 Sep 2026, up 17% from a year earlier and down 5% from the previous quarter. That is 0.1 years of trailing revenue already under contract. Book-to-bill last quarter: 0.99.
Net new backlog added in the latest quarter: -$44.0M.
The company reports 12% of the backlog due within the first 3 months.
Customer prepayments (contract liabilities) cover 23.6% of the backlog.
Twelve-month book-to-bill: 1.01, i.e. 1.01 of new orders for every 1 of revenue recognised.
Backlog growth minus revenue growth: -32 points — revenue is catching up with orders.
By backlog size it ranks 251st among US filers the cockpit tracks.
Global Payments 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
30 Sep 2026
$860M
$11.5B
0.1 yrs
$203M
30 Jun 2026
$904M
$10.2B
0.1 yrs
$193M
31 Mar 2026
$902M
$8.86B
0.1 yrs
$178M
31 Dec 2025
$880M
$7.71B
0.1 yrs
$178M
30 Sep 2025
$737M
$7.73B
0.1 yrs
$189M
30 Jun 2025
$774M
$7.72B
0.1 yrs
$176M
31 Mar 2025
$755M
$7.72B
0.1 yrs
$170M
31 Dec 2024
$823M
$7.74B
0.1 yrs
$202M
30 Sep 2024
$3.81B
$5.96B
0.6 yrs
$241M
30 Jun 2024
$3.93B
$6.44B
0.6 yrs
$229M
31 Mar 2024
$4.02B
$6.92B
0.6 yrs
$211M
31 Dec 2023
$3.82B
$7.38B
0.5 yrs
$184M
Questions
What is Global Payments's backlog?
Global Payments reported $860M of remaining performance obligations at 30 Sep 2026, up 17% from a year earlier and down 5% from the previous quarter. That is 0.1 years of trailing revenue already under contract. Book-to-bill last quarter: 0.99.
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.