NYSE$GTLS

Chart Industries Inc. · Q4 2023 earnings

Q4 2023 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Chart Industries reported record orders, backlog, sales, gross profit, gross profit margin, operating income, operating income margin, EBITDA, EBITDA margin, adjusted EPS, reported free cash flow for Q4 2023.

Chart Industries reported a strong fourth quarter in 2023, with record orders, sales, gross profit, and operating income. The successful integration of Howden contributed significantly to the company's growth and margin expansion. The company's outlook for 2024 is positive, driven by strong global end market demand and a focus on cash generation.

  • Record orders of $1.21 billion, an increase of 28.3%.
  • Record sales of $1.02 billion, an increase of 12.5%.
  • Record gross margin of 32.9%, an increase of 540 basis points.
  • Record operating income of $156.0 million, representing 15.4% of sales.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$1.02B

Previous: $441M+130.0%
EPS (adj)

$2.25

Previous: $1.67+34.7%
Capital Expenditures

-$17.6M

Previous: $26M-167.7%
Net Income

$51.4M

Previous: $17.4M+195.4%
Operating Income

$156M

Previous: $60.1M+159.6%
Gross Profit

$334M

Previous: $124M+168.9%

Revenue & EPS history

Chart · Revenue · Quarterly

$1.02B

Q4 2023+130%vs Q4 2022
Beat estimate in 3 of 14 quarters(21%)
ActualEstimate

Forward guidance

Chart Industries anticipates full year 2024 sales to be in a range of $4.7 to $5.0 billion with forecasted full year 2024 adjusted EBITDA in the range of $1.175 to $1.30 billion.

Tailwinds

  • Global end market demand continues to be strong as we start 2024.
  • We have over $21 billion of identified potential orders in our commercial pipeline for the next three years, even considering the record orders of $1.21 billion in the fourth quarter 2024.
  • Our fourth quarter 2023 and full year 2023 cancellation rate was consistently and significantly below 1% of backlog.
  • Anticipate full year 2024 sales to be in a range of $4.7 to $5.0 billion
  • Forecasted full year 2024 adjusted EBITDA in the range of $1.175 to $1.30 billion.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 19 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q4 2023

Historical avgQ4 2023

+2.4%

Avg return

Earnings day

+3.9%

Avg return

5 days after

+4.5%

Avg return

30 days after

62%

42 / 68 earnings

Positive

+19.3%

Q2 2020

Best reaction

-24.7%

Q2 2024

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026+0.2%-0.1%-0.5%
Q4 2025-0.0%-0.3%-0.3%
Q3 2025+0.0%-0.1%+2.2%
Q1 2025+12.2%+12.1%+16.2%
Q4 2024+4.6%-8.9%-19.2%
Q3 2024+17.2%+37.5%+60.1%
Q2 2024-24.7%-26.5%-20.4%
Q1 2024+9.0%+8.2%+8.3%
Q4 2023+8.6%+9.0%+25.3%
Q3 2023-17.2%-21.7%-8.8%
Q2 2023+14.9%+7.9%+4.7%
Q1 2023-1.3%-9.7%-14.4%
Q4 2022+3.2%+3.4%-14.8%
Q3 2022+9.2%+7.2%-33.7%
Q2 2022+5.9%+5.5%+9.0%
Q1 2022+8.5%+19.6%+18.8%
Q4 2021+18.3%+30.6%+70.2%
Q3 2021-6.2%-5.7%-0.1%
Q2 2021-7.0%-8.7%+13.2%
Q1 2021+12.7%+17.9%+9.1%
Q4 2020-13.4%-11.5%-4.8%
Q3 2020+6.1%+3.9%+19.8%
Q2 2020+19.3%+17.1%+31.3%
Q1 2020+16.6%+29.3%+28.8%
Q4 2019+12.0%+8.6%-63.4%
Q3 2019-1.2%+0.9%-3.5%
Q2 2019+10.2%+9.5%-11.7%
Q1 2019-4.1%-0.9%-10.4%
Q4 2018+6.9%+2.6%+10.2%
Q3 2018+3.4%+2.4%-1.4%
Q2 2018+13.1%+10.5%+13.2%
Q1 2018+2.4%-4.3%+6.2%
Q4 2017+18.1%+14.4%+16.2%
Q3 2017+6.8%+3.4%+10.7%
Q2 2017+1.9%-1.5%-3.0%
Q1 2017+0.6%-0.8%-1.2%
Q4 2016-5.9%-7.6%-14.2%
Q3 2016-5.5%-9.7%+12.8%
Q2 2016+12.5%+8.4%+15.3%
Q1 2016+4.6%
Q4 2015+16.1%
Q3 2015-20.5%
Q2 2015-12.9%
Q1 2015-12.3%
Q4 2014+8.4%
Q3 2014+0.6%
Q2 2014-10.3%
Q1 2014-7.7%
Q4 2013-6.5%
Q3 2013-16.5%
Q2 2013+14.9%
Q1 2013-0.1%
Q4 2012+18.4%
Q3 2012-8.6%
Q2 2012+6.9%
Q1 2012+12.2%
Q4 2011-0.3%
Q3 2011+2.7%
Q2 2011-9.7%
Q1 2010-5.8%
Q1 2011-0.7%
Q4 2008-3.5%
Q4 2010-3.5%
Q3 2009+14.3%
Q3 2010+14.3%
Q2 2010+0.2%
Q2 2009+0.2%
Q4 2009+0.2%

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