March 15 (Reuters) - Stella-Jones Inc SJ.TO :
* STELLA-JONES REPORTS 2018 FOURTH QUARTER AND ANNUAL RESULTS
* Q4 SALES C$432.8 MILLION VERSUS REFINITIV IBES ESTIMATE OF C$437.6 MILLION
* Q4 EARNINGS PER SHARE C$0.30
* Q4 EARNINGS PER SHARE ESTIMATE C$0.41 -- REFINITIV IBES DATA
* INCREASES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND BY 16.7 PERCENT TO C$0.14PER SHARE
* FOR 2019 MANAGEMENT EXPECTS HIGHER YEAR-OVER-YEAR SALES FOR STELLA-JONES
* FOR 2019 MANAGEMENT ALSO EXPECTS IMPROVED YEAR-OVER-YEAR MARGINS ACROSS ALL PRODUCT CATEGORIES
* COMPANY PLANS ON SPENDING A SIMILAR LEVEL OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURES IN 2019 AS COMPARED TO 2018 ($51.6 MILLION IN 2018)