---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000892553-24-000172"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GTLS"
cik: "0000892553"
company_name: "CHART INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2024-11-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T07:10:29.771951+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chart Industries Q3 sales $1.06B (+22.4%), record margins; 2024 outlook raised

## Summary
- Orders $1.17B (+5.4% YoY); sales $1.06B (+22.4%) driven by HTS, RSL, and Specialty Products records.
- Record gross margin 34.1% (+350 bps); adjusted operating margin 22.2% (+450 bps) from Howden synergies.
- Adjusted diluted EPS $2.18 ($2.48 ex FX and tax headwinds); reported EPS $1.34.
- Free cash flow $174.6M; net leverage ratio 3.04; full-year FCF target ~$400M reaffirmed.
- 2024 sales outlook raised to ~$4.2–4.3B; adjusted EBITDA $1.015–1.045B; 2025 EPS guide $12–13.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000892553-24-000172
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GTLS
- cik: 0000892553
- company_name: CHART INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2024-11-01T23:59:59+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/892553/000089255324000172/0000892553-24-000172-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/892553/000089255324000172/gtls-20241101.htm

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