---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000892553-24-000093"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GTLS"
cik: "0000892553"
company_name: "CHART INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T23:38:56.198103+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chart Industries reports record Q1 orders $1.12B, sales $950.7M; reaffirms FY2024 guidance

## Summary
- Orders of $1.12B (+4.3% YoY), record backlog $4.33B; sales of $950.7M (+17.4% pro forma, organic +18.3%).
- Reported gross margin 31.8% (+260 bps); adjusted operating margin 18.0% (+620 bps).
- Adjusted EBITDA $212.2M (22.3% of sales, +550 bps); adjusted diluted EPS $1.49 vs reported EPS $0.14.
- Net cash from ops negative $89.6M; FCF negative $135.7M due to one-time outflows; net leverage 3.43x.
- Reaffirms FY2024 guidance: sales $4.7–5.0B, adj. EBITDA $1.175–1.30B, adj. EPS $12–14 on ~20% tax rate.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000892553-24-000093
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GTLS
- cik: 0000892553
- company_name: CHART INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/892553/000089255324000093/0000892553-24-000093-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/892553/000089255324000093/gtls-20240503.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CHART INDUSTRIES INC reported first quarter ended March 31, 2024 results: revenue $950.7 million, net income $(0.34) per diluted share, EPS $0.14. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: first quarter ended March 31, 2024
  - Revenue: $950.7 million
  - Net income: $(0.34) per diluted share
  - EPS: $0.14
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: margin were all the highest in any first quarter in our history • Orders of $1.12 billion, an increase of 4.3% which contributed to record backlog of $4.33 billion • Sales of $950.7 million, an increase of 17.4%; pro forma organic growth of 18.3% net of a foreign exchange headwind of (0.9%) • Reported gross margin of 31.8%, an increase of 260 basis points (“bps”) •
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/892553/000089255324000093/0000892553-24-000093-index.htm

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