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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 +32.52% 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:

Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) is the #1 top advertising agency stock out of 43 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) has a Due Diligence Score of 48, which is 20 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 28.

DLX passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Deluxe has seen its stock return 103.63% over the past year, overperforming other advertising agency stocks by 147 percentage points.

Cimpress (NASDAQ:CMPR) is the #2 top advertising agency stock out of 43 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

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

Cimpress (NASDAQ:CMPR) has a Due Diligence Score of 20, which is -8 points lower than the advertising agency industry average of 28. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates CMPR as a "A".

CMPR passed 7 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Cimpress has seen its stock return 129% over the past year, overperforming other advertising agency stocks by 172 percentage points.

Cimpress has an average 1 year price target of $95.00, an upside of 3.45% from Cimpress's current stock price of $91.83.

Cimpress stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Cimpress, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 100% 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 #3 top advertising agency stock out of 43 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

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

Quinstreet (NASDAQ:QNST) has a Due Diligence Score of 68, which is 40 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 28.

QNST passed 22 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Quinstreet has seen its stock lose -25.2% over the past year, overperforming other advertising agency stocks by 18 percentage points.

Quinstreet has an average 1 year price target of $25.00, an upside of 80.77% from Quinstreet's current stock price of $13.83.

Quinstreet stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Quinstreet, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% 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 12.56%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 4.81%. 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 -112.7% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) has an annual dividend yield of 3.89%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the advertising agency industry average of 4.81%. 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 65.6% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Omnicom Group (NYSE:OMC) has an annual dividend yield of 3.86%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the advertising agency industry average of 4.81%. Omnicom Group's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Omnicom Group's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Omnicom Group's dividend payout ratio of -810.8% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Advertising agency stocks were up 0.66% in the last day, and up 2.56% over the last week. Entravision Communications was the among the top gainers in the advertising agencies industry, gaining 4.19% yesterday.

Entravision Communications shares are trading higher after the company reported a year-over-year increase in Q1 financial results.

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 47 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 24. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Criteo Sa's stock has dropped -28.55% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the advertising agency industry by 14 percentage points.

Ziff Davis (NASDAQ:ZD) 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.

Ziff Davis has a valuation score of 57, which is 33 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 24. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ziff Davis's stock has gained 44.45% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the advertising agency industry by 87 percentage points.

Xunlei (NASDAQ:XNET) 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.

Xunlei has a valuation score of 71, which is 47 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 24. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Xunlei's stock has gained 39.5% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the advertising agency industry by 82 percentage points.

52.94% of advertising agency stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect advertising agency stocks to rise by 29.47% over the next year.

10% of advertising agency stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 10% of advertising agency stocks are rated B (Buy), 65% are rated C (Hold), 5% are rated D (Sell), and 10% are rated F (Strong Sell).