John Wiley & Sons reported $402M of remaining performance obligations at 31 Jul 2026, up 6% from a year earlier and down 14% from the previous quarter. That is 0.2 years of trailing revenue already under contract. Book-to-bill last quarter: 0.83.
Net new backlog added in the latest quarter: -$66.4M.
Over the last twelve months it turned about 510% of its opening backlog into revenue (12-month conversion).
Customer prepayments (contract liabilities) cover 95.5% 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: +6 points — orders are running ahead of revenue.
By backlog size it ranks 331st among US filers the cockpit tracks.
John Wiley & Sons 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 Jul 2026
$402M
$1.67B
0.2 yrs
$384M
30 Apr 2026
$469M
$1.68B
0.3 yrs
$451M
31 Jan 2026
$311M
$1.67B
0.2 yrs
$293M
31 Oct 2025
$237M
$1.67B
0.1 yrs
$219M
31 Jul 2025
$380M
$1.67B
0.2 yrs
$362M
30 Apr 2025
$479M
$1.68B
0.3 yrs
$463M
31 Jan 2025
$331M
$1.70B
0.2 yrs
$313M
31 Oct 2024
$264M
$1.76B
0.1 yrs
$242M
31 Jul 2024
$385M
$1.83B
0.2 yrs
$367M
30 Apr 2024
$499M
$1.87B
0.3 yrs
$484M
31 Jan 2024
$316M
$1.93B
0.2 yrs
$301M
31 Oct 2023
$255M
$1.96B
0.1 yrs
$236M
Questions
What is John Wiley & Sons's backlog?
John Wiley & Sons reported $402M of remaining performance obligations at 31 Jul 2026, up 6% from a year earlier and down 14% from the previous quarter. That is 0.2 years of trailing revenue already under contract. Book-to-bill last quarter: 0.83.
How fast does John Wiley & Sons's backlog turn into revenue?
Over the last twelve months John Wiley & Sons recognised revenue equal to about 510% 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.