---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000892553-24-000063"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GTLS"
cik: "0000892553"
company_name: "CHART INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2024-02-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T10:00:20.276924+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chart Q4 record sales $1.02B, adj EPS $2.25; FY24 guide sales $4.7-5.0B, EBITDA $1.175-1.30B

## Summary
- Q4 2023 orders $1.21B (+28.3%), sales $1.02B (+12.5%), record gross margin 32.9% (+540 bps).
- Q4 reported diluted EPS $0.88; adjusted diluted EPS $2.25. Record operating income $156M.
- Full-year 2023 pro forma sales $3.66B (+11%), adjusted EBITDA $774.8M (21.2% of sales).
- Howden synergy targets exceeded: commercial $529.9M, cost $181.4M achieved to date.
- FY2024 guidance: sales $4.7-5.0B, adj EBITDA $1.175-1.30B, adj EPS $12-14, FCF $575-625M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000892553-24-000063
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GTLS
- cik: 0000892553
- company_name: CHART INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2024-02-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/892553/000089255324000063/0000892553-24-000063-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/892553/000089255324000063/gtls-20240228.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000892553-24-000063
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000892553-24-000063.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CHART INDUSTRIES INC reported the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2023 results: revenue $1.02 billion, EPS $0.88. Guidance initiated.
  - Period: the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $1.02 billion
  - EPS: $0.88
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Fourth quarter 2023 highlights (as compared to the fourth quarter 2022 pro forma): • Record orders, backlog, sales, gross profit, gross profit margin, operating income, operating income margin, EBITDA, EBITDA margin, adjusted EPS, reported free cash flow (“FCF”) and adjusted free cash flow • Record orders of $1.21 billion, an increase of 28.3% • Record sales of $1.02 billion, an increase of $113 million, or 12.5% • Record backlog of $4.28 billion, up 3.3% versus Q3 2023 • Record reported gross margin of 32.9%, an increase of 540 basis points (“bps”) • Record operating income of $156.0 million, EBITDA of $220.5 million and adjusted EBITDA of $245.2 million which represents 24.2% of sales • Reported diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) of $0.88; adjusted diluted EPS of $2.25
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/892553/000089255324000063/0000892553-24-000063-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.