April 3 (Reuters) - Hudson's Bay Co HBC.TO :
* HUDSON'S BAY - QTRLY LOSS PER SHARE FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS $0.95
* HBC REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER AND FISCAL 2018 FINANCIAL RESULTS
* Q4 SALES C$2.9 BILLION VERSUS REFINITIV IBES ESTIMATE OF C$3.22 BILLION
* COMPANY'S Q4 COMPARABLE SALES DECREASED 1.4%, WITH COMPARABLE DIGITAL SALES UP 8.7%
* HBC EXPECTS TOTAL CAPITAL INVESTMENTS IN FISCAL 2019, NET OF LANDLORD INCENTIVES, TO BE BETWEEN $300 MILLION AND $325 MILLION
* QTRLY EARNINGS PER SHARE $1.20
* INVENTORY AS REPORTED ON HBC'S BALANCE SHEET AT END OF Q4 DECLINED BY $854 MILLION COMPARED TO PRIOR YEAR
* "WE ARE A FAR STRONGER COMPANY TODAY THAN A YEAR AGO, DESPITE SOME OF TOP-LINE CHALLENGES THIS QUARTER"
* HUDSON'S BAY SAYS STRENGTH OF SAKS FIFTH AVENUE CONTINUED
* SAKS FIFTH AVENUE'S Q4 COMPARABLE SALES GREW 3.9%
* QTRLY NORMALIZED NET INCOME PER SHARE $0.41