What is New York Times's backlog?

New York Times reported $144M of remaining performance obligations at 30 Sep 2026, up 4% from a year earlier and up 36% from the previous quarter. That is 0.0 years of trailing revenue already under contract. Book-to-bill last quarter: 1.05.

New York Times (NYT) backlog: remaining performance obligations

How much revenue New York Times already has under contract, how fast it converts, and who it is with.

Data as of 7 Nov 2026.

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New York Times reported $144M of remaining performance obligations at 30 Sep 2026, up 4% from a year earlier and up 36% from the previous quarter. That is 0.0 years of trailing revenue already under contract. Book-to-bill last quarter: 1.05.
Net new backlog added in the latest quarter: $38.0M.
The company reports 18% of the backlog due within the first 3 months.
Customer prepayments (contract liabilities) cover 152.2% of the backlog.
Twelve-month book-to-bill: 1.00, i.e. 1.00 of new orders for every 1 of revenue recognised.
Backlog growth minus revenue growth: -7 points — revenue is catching up with orders.
By backlog size it ranks 406th among US filers the cockpit tracks.

New York Times 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	$144M	$3.05B	0.0 yrs	$219M
30 Jun 2026	$106M	$2.98B	0.0 yrs	$211M
31 Mar 2026	$116M	$2.90B	0.0 yrs	$216M
31 Dec 2025	$135M	$2.82B	0.0 yrs	$208M
30 Sep 2025	$139M	$2.75B	0.1 yrs	$198M
30 Jun 2025	$160M	$2.69B	0.1 yrs	$190M
31 Mar 2025	$129M	$2.63B	0.0 yrs	$194M
31 Dec 2024	$148M	$2.59B	0.1 yrs	$187M
30 Sep 2024	$174M	$2.54B	0.1 yrs	$177M
30 Jun 2024	$156M	$2.49B	0.1 yrs	$175M
31 Mar 2024	$183M	$2.46B	0.1 yrs	$178M
31 Dec 2023	$193M	$2.43B	0.1 yrs	$173M

Questions

What is New York Times's backlog?: New York Times reported $144M of remaining performance obligations at 30 Sep 2026, up 4% from a year earlier and up 36% from the previous quarter. That is 0.0 years of trailing revenue already under contract. Book-to-bill last quarter: 1.05.

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.