---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000892553-23-000143"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GTLS"
cik: "0000892553"
company_name: "CHART INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-10-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T07:32:23.491443+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.95
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.95
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chart Industries reports record Q3 2023 results with $4.1B backlog and $1.13B orders

## Summary
- Record backlog of $4.1 billion, up 4.4% from Q2 2023, driven by RSL and Specialty Products
- Completed divestiture of American Fan for $111 million cash to Arcline on October 26, 2023
- Achieved $297.9 million commercial synergies from Howden acquisition, exceeding year-one target of $150M
- Updated 2023 sales guidance to $3.45B-$3.50B and adjusted EBITDA to $745M-$760M
- Third quarter adjusted EBITDA margin record of 21.7%, up 440 bps year-over-year

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000892553-23-000143
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GTLS
- cik: 0000892553
- company_name: CHART INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-10-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.95
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.95
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/892553/000089255323000143/0000892553-23-000143-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/892553/000089255323000143/gtls-20231027.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000892553-23-000143
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000892553-23-000143.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CHART INDUSTRIES INC reported financial results for third quarter ended September 30, 2023.
  - Period: third quarter ended September 30, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Chart Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a news release announcing the Company’s financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/892553/000089255323000143/0000892553-23-000143-index.htm

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