May 9 (Reuters) - Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc IAG.TO :
* IA FINANCIAL GROUP REPORTS POSITIVE FIRST QUARTER RESULTS
* Q1 EARNINGS PER SHARE C$1.40
* Q1 SALES ROSE 26 PERCENT TO C$675.5 MILLION
* Q1 EARNINGS PER SHARE ESTIMATE C$1.36 -- REFINITIV IBES DATA
* QTRLY CORE EPS OF $1.28
* AUM/AUA OF $181.0 BILLION AT MARCH 31, UP 4% Y-O-Y
* SEES 2019 EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE OF $5.75 TO $6.15
* SEES 2019 RETURN ON COMMON SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY OF 11.0% TO 12.5%
* FY2019 EARNINGS PER SHARE VIEW C$5.97 -- REFINITIV IBES DATA