This week, four Capital Markets stocks are improving their overall ratings on Portfolio Grader. Each of these stocks is rated an “A” (“strong buy”) or “B” overall (“buy”).

A.F.P. Provida (NYSE:PVD) is making headway this week, with the company’s rating improving to an A (“strong buy”) from a B (“buy”) last week. Provida Pension Fund Administrator operates as a private pension fund administrator in Chile. At present, the stock has a dividend yield of 8.1%. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of PVD stock.

Federated Investors (NYSE:FII) is bumping up its rating from a C (“hold”) to a B (“buy”) this week. Federated Investors provides investment management products and related financial services. Shares of FII have increased 8.2% over the past month, better than the 3.8% increase the S&P 500 has seen over the same period of time. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of FII stock.

Prospect Capital

(NASDAQ:PSEC) improves from a B to an A rating this week. Prospect Capital is a mezzanine debt and private equity firm. The stock has a trailing PE Ratio of 6.9. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of PSEC stock.

Medley Capital (NYSE:MCC) is seeing ratings go up from a B last week to an A this week. Medley Capital is a private owned investment management firm. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of MCC stock.

Louis Navellier’s proprietary Portfolio Grader stock ranking system assesses roughly 5,000 companies every week based on a number of fundamental and quantitative measures. Stocks are given a letter grade based on their results — with A being “strong buy,” and F being “strong sell.” Explore the tool here.