TheStreet reported that Sterne Agee has placed J.C.Penney’s liquidity position under the microscope and found the embattled retailer’s cash situation worrisome, so much so it has suspended its $3 price target.

TheStreet notes that the move comes nearly a week after institutional investors Hotchkis & Wiley, Dodge & Cox and Hayman Capital withdrew their positions in the retailer.

Sterne Agee’s Charles Grom, Renato Basanta and John Parke said while they expect a sales turnaround, the company will likely run into cash concerns within a few quarters at the current pace of recovery, TheStreet added.

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Previously on abfjournal: WSJ: AlixPartners Assisting J.C. Penney, November 7, 2013