Earnings Per Share (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Table Text Block]

The following table presents calculations of net income per share of common stock:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2014		2013		2012
Net income attributable to Chart Industries, Inc.	$	81,864	$	83,176	$	71,295
Net income attributable to Chart Industries, Inc. per common share:
Basic	$	2.69	$	2.75	$	2.39
Diluted	$	2.67	$	2.60	$	2.36
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding — basic	30,384		30,209		29,786
Incremental shares issuable upon assumed conversion and exercise of share-based awards	282		411		408
Incremental shares issuable due to dilutive effect of the Convertible Notes	—		974		—
Incremental shares issuable due to dilutive effect of warrants	—		337		—
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding — diluted	30,666		31,931		30,194

Schedule of Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Table Text Block]

Diluted earnings per share does not reflect the following potential common shares as the effect would be anti-dilutive:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2014	2013	2012
Share-based awards	48	1	109
Convertible note hedge and capped call transactions (1)	—	948	—
Warrants	3,368	—	3,368
Total anti-dilutive securities	3,416	949	3,477