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Best Advertising Agency Stocks to Buy Now (2026)

Top advertising agency stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +28.50% per year, and are the best advertising agency stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best advertising agency stocks to buy right now are:

Nexxen International (NASDAQ:NEXN) is the #1 top advertising agency stock out of 41 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Nexxen International (NASDAQ:NEXN) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Nexxen International (NASDAQ:NEXN) has a Due Diligence Score of 40, which is 13 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 27.

NEXN passed 12 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Nexxen International has seen its stock lose -3.01% over the past year, overperforming other advertising agency stocks by 87 percentage points.

Nexxen International has an average 1 year price target of $13.00, an upside of 38.89% from Nexxen International's current stock price of $9.36.

Nexxen International stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 8 analysts covering Nexxen International, 37.5% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 62.5% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Quinstreet (NASDAQ:QNST) is the #2 top advertising agency stock out of 41 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Quinstreet (NASDAQ:QNST) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Quinstreet (NASDAQ:QNST) has a Due Diligence Score of 67, which is 40 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 27.

QNST passed 22 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Quinstreet has seen its stock return 14.22% over the past year, overperforming other advertising agency stocks by 104 percentage points.

Quinstreet has an average 1 year price target of $21.00, an upside of 13.64% from Quinstreet's current stock price of $18.48.

Quinstreet stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Quinstreet, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Stagwell (NASDAQ:STGW) is the #3 top advertising agency stock out of 41 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Stagwell (NASDAQ:STGW) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: A, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Stagwell (NASDAQ:STGW) has a Due Diligence Score of 47, which is 20 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 27.

STGW passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Stagwell has seen its stock return 65.73% over the past year, overperforming other advertising agency stocks by 156 percentage points.

Stagwell has an average 1 year price target of $10.00, an upside of 13.64% from Stagwell's current stock price of $8.80.

Stagwell stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Stagwell, 75% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 25% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 6 advertising agency stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 advertising agency stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Townsquare Media (NYSE:TSQ) has an annual dividend yield of 15.41%, which is 10 percentage points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 5.15%. Townsquare Media's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Townsquare Media's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Townsquare Media's dividend payout ratio of -27.9% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) has an annual dividend yield of 5.04%, which is the same as the advertising agency industry average of 5.15%. Deluxe's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Deluxe's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Deluxe's dividend payout ratio of 54.1% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

National Cinemedia (NASDAQ:NCMI) has an annual dividend yield of 3.7%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the advertising agency industry average of 5.15%. National Cinemedia's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% five times in the last 10 years. National Cinemedia's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

National Cinemedia's dividend payout ratio of -133.3% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Advertising agency stocks were up 0.89% in the last day, and up 0.85% over the last week. Vs Media Holdings was the among the top gainers in the advertising agencies industry, gaining 21.5% yesterday.

Shares of communications services are trading higher after AI executives from firms including Anthropic, OpenAI and SpaceXAI signaled that the industry's growth may have to be slowed, which may limit competition in content creation, advertising sales and other areas. The sector's cash flow from ads and subscription revenue may also be attractive to investors amid elevated bond yields, inflation fears and interest rate expectations.

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued advertising agency stocks right now are:

Criteo Sa (NASDAQ:CRTO) is the most undervalued advertising agency stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Criteo Sa has a valuation score of 71, which is 49 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 22. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Criteo Sa's stock has dropped -20.77% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the advertising agency industry by 69 percentage points.

Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) is the second most undervalued advertising agency stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Deluxe has a valuation score of 71, which is 49 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 22. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Deluxe's stock has gained 21.07% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the advertising agency industry by 111 percentage points.

Ziff Davis (NASDAQ:ZD) is the third most undervalued advertising agency stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Ziff Davis has a valuation score of 71, which is 49 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 22. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ziff Davis's stock has gained 56.48% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the advertising agency industry by 147 percentage points.

50% of advertising agency stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect advertising agency stocks to rise by 41.14% over the next year.

7.69% of advertising agency stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 11.54% of advertising agency stocks are rated B (Buy), 57.69% are rated C (Hold), 15.38% are rated D (Sell), and 7.69% are rated F (Strong Sell).