** Shares in Sartorius SATG.DE jump around 10% to May
highs after the German pharmaceutical equipment supplier
reported Q4 earnings beat and strong BPS orders
** Q4 underlying EBITDA came in at 259 million, 5% above
beat Vara consensus cited by J.P.Morgan
** JPM also cites strong Bioprocess Solutions (BPS) orders
at 856.7 million euros, 22% ahead of the brokerage's estimates
** Its French subsidiary Sartorius Stedim Biotech STDM.PA
jumps around 12%, with JPM also noting a 3% beat on underlying
EBITDA
** Sartorius' stock is among top performers of the German
blue-chip index .GDAXI , and both Sartorius and Sartorius
Stedim Biotech are at the top of STOXX 600 .STOXX index
(Reporting by Anastasiia Kozlova)
((Anastasiia.Kozlova@thomsonreuters.com))