Richelieu posts higher sales, earnings in Q4

MONTREAL — Richelieu Hardware reported Q4 sales of $265 million, up $6.2 million or 2.4% from $258.8 million a year ago, including 3% resulting from acquisitions. In Canada, Richelieu recorded sales of $179 million, an increase of $4.1 million over the fourth quarter of 2018. Net earnings per share rose to $0.34 basic and diluted, compared with $0.32 for the comparable period of the previous fiscal year, an increase of 6.3%.