Chart Industries (GTLS) stock often trades with a fair amount of anticipation. The relatively high price-earnings ratio means that this had better be a high performance future or else. Management had originally not included any projections of large orders in the earnings guidance because they were unsure of the timing. This time around the market optimism about those large orders appears justified. The arrival of those orders could signal a large earnings jump next year.
Source: Chart Industries First Quarter 2019 Earnings Press Release
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