** Macquarie raises price target for Australian miner
Jupiter Mines Ltd JMS.AX by 15% to A$0.30
** Jupiter's fourth-quarter production of 851kt of manganese
ore in line with expectations - analysts at Macquarie
** Sales 21% above forecasts - Macquarie
** Brokerage says bottom line metric of net profit after tax
of A$48.7 mln ($32.68 million) beats expectations by 52%
** Macquarie raises FY23 EPS expectations by 11%
** JMS shares currently up 2.2%
** Stock up 4.6% this year, as of last close
($1 = 1.4901 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Rishav Chatterjee in Bengaluru)
((Rishav.Chatterjee@thomsonreuters.com;))