GTLS - Chart Industries: Quant Rating Champion Has Potential
Chart Industries, Inc. (GTLS) has an exemplary, sector-leading Quant Rating underpinned by strong growth potential, high profitability, resilient momentum, and a few up EPS revisions. Unfortunately, GTLS does not pay a dividend despite copious FCF. The most obvious explanation here is that the company prefers to retain FCF to fortify the balance sheet in order to secure financing of asset expansion in the future (and, hence, growth) and avoid too-bloated leverage, which is already a bit inflated because of acquisitions in the late-2010s.
Among other things, Chart Industries clearly has long-term potential, considering