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Best Advertising Agency Stocks to Buy Now (2025)
Top advertising agency stocks in 2025 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.

Industry: Advertising Agencies

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Advertising Agencies is Zen Rated B and is the 46th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Price	1d %	1w %	1m %	3m %	6m %	1y %	3y %	5y %	10y %	52-week High	52-week Low	% off 52-week High	% off 52-week Low	Beta	Volume	Vol 1d %
CRTO	CRITEO SA	$24.15	-5.74%	-7.47%	-19.31%	-30.62%	-43.27%	-35.24%	2.77%	91.97%	-46.71%	$49.93	$24.00	51.63%	0.63%	1.12	436,000	5.83%
DLX	DELUXE CORP	$14.75	-3.66%	-0.81%	-9.06%	-5.57%	-36.75%	-32.53%	-31.24%	-40.36%	-77.00%	$24.87	$13.61	40.69%	8.38%	1.10	321,000	7.00%
NEXN	NEXXEN INTERNATIONAL LTD	$9.94	-4.15%	-7.28%	-19.32%	31.13%	-3.50%	60.32%	3.97%	N/A	N/A	$12.60	$5.57	21.11%	78.46%	1.33	281,000	31.92%
TZOO	TRAVELZOO	$12.50	-2.95%	-7.54%	-13.85%	-10.46%	-34.35%	59.24%	106.27%	72.41%	7.67%	$24.85	$7.12	49.70%	75.56%	1.15	66,000	19.35%
EEX	EMERALD HOLDING INC	$4.67	-4.30%	-0.43%	0.43%	27.95%	-2.10%	-23.32%	26.90%	46.86%	N/A	$6.74	$3.22	30.71%	45.26%	1.04	109,000	49.32%
IAS	INTEGRAL AD SCIENCE HOLDING CORP	$8.15	-1.33%	-0.85%	0.00%	-10.04%	-22.97%	-14.75%	-15.89%	N/A	N/A	$13.62	$6.26	40.16%	30.17%	1.36	1,800,000	59.15%
ZD	ZIFF DAVIS INC	$30.78	-4.88%	-7.57%	-9.44%	-20.42%	-46.70%	-44.70%	-55.80%	-58.51%	-54.41%	$60.62	$29.15	49.22%	5.61%	1.14	559,000	67.37%
MGNI	MAGNITE INC	$17.10	-2.95%	-2.84%	4.84%	41.56%	3.83%	23.29%	77.02%	140.51%	0.29%	$21.29	$8.22	19.68%	108.03%	2.30	1,987,000	4.47%
INUV	INUVO INC	$3.55	-0.28%	787.50%	745.24%	867.30%	928.99%	1,239.62%	704.99%	422.06%	19.53%	$3.84	$0.19	7.55%	1,768.42%	1.53	93,000	-77.37%
QNST	QUINSTREET INC	$15.10	-2.64%	-5.98%	-7.81%	-12.16%	-31.71%	-6.44%	50.10%	41.78%	133.75%	$26.27	$14.39	42.52%	4.97%	1.02	370,000	19.35%
WPP	WPP PLC	$37.13	-2.34%	-1.72%	-8.34%	-8.46%	-33.67%	-22.09%	-26.79%	-6.43%	-67.60%	$57.37	$31.52	35.28%	17.80%	0.95	220,000	-49.54%
XNET	XUNLEI LTD	$5.02	-7.72%	-14.63%	7.04%	3.51%	139.62%	180.45%	308.13%	45.93%	-60.78%	$7.19	$1.46	30.14%	243.84%	1.33	688,000	-61.93%
TSQ	TOWNSQUARE MEDIA INC	$6.95	-0.86%	-3.20%	-5.31%	-8.67%	-31.66%	-34.12%	-20.84%	37.08%	-45.58%	$12.32	$6.47	43.59%	7.42%	0.72	56,000	-46.15%
WIMI	WIMI HOLOGRAM CLOUD INC	$2.32	-6.45%	-12.78%	-45.79%	-84.26%	-85.41%	-85.89%	-93.89%	-96.72%	N/A	$58.40	$2.30	96.03%	0.87%	1.54	393,000	19.09%
EDHL	EVERBRIGHT DIGITAL HOLDING LTD	$5.16	3.20%	15.96%	31.63%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$5.30	$3.51	2.64%	47.22%	-0.58	93,000	-36.73%
SDM	SMART DIGITAL GROUP LTD	$7.08	-3.01%	1.14%	40.76%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$14.39	$4.03	50.80%	75.68%	-1.11	12,900	65.38%
STGW	STAGWELL INC	$4.38	-9.32%	-2.45%	-19.04%	-26.26%	-39.92%	-33.03%	-38.66%	217.39%	-78.53%	$8.18	$4.03	46.45%	8.68%	1.08	1,562,000	-5.90%
OMC	OMNICOM GROUP INC	$69.48	-2.40%	-2.73%	-10.27%	-12.58%	-23.07%	-22.27%	5.26%	23.37%	-3.12%	$107.00	$69.13	35.07%	0.51%	0.81	3,959,000	-63.10%
CDLX	CARDLYTICS INC	$1.51	-5.63%	-15.64%	-28.10%	-27.05%	-59.52%	-83.07%	-93.40%	-97.84%	N/A	$9.48	$1.22	84.07%	23.77%	2.37	730,000	60.79%
CCO	CLEAR CHANNEL OUTDOOR HOLDINGS INC	$1.10	-5.17%	-3.51%	-5.98%	0.00%	-26.67%	-20.86%	-5.17%	-9.09%	-89.61%	$1.88	$0.81	41.49%	35.64%	1.76	3,573,000	161.38%
CMPR	CIMPRESS PLC	$43.00	-5.08%	-4.97%	-5.64%	2.50%	-45.40%	-49.47%	14.85%	-46.37%	-50.19%	$104.92	$35.21	59.01%	22.12%	1.45	269,000	1.89%
EVC	ENTRAVISION COMMUNICATIONS CORP	$2.08	-7.56%	0.00%	3.48%	8.90%	-16.13%	-0.95%	-57.20%	26.06%	-72.08%	$2.73	$1.58	23.81%	31.65%	1.06	335,000	32.94%
ADV	ADVANTAGE SOLUTIONS INC	$1.44	-6.49%	10.77%	27.43%	-12.20%	-58.26%	-50.85%	-62.01%	-87.30%	N/A	$4.16	$1.04	65.38%	38.46%	1.05	695,000	-5.70%
BOC	BOSTON OMAHA CORP	$14.03	0.43%	-0.57%	-9.07%	2.18%	-9.89%	0.94%	-26.31%	-9.19%	N/A	$16.20	$12.41	13.40%	13.05%	1.05	141,000	22.61%
TZUP	THUMZUP MEDIA CORP	$7.16	-2.05%	-9.71%	-0.69%	98.89%	78.55%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$9.74	$2.02	26.49%	254.46%	0.08	65,400	49.66%
STFS	STAR FASHION CULTURE HOLDINGS LTD	$1.17	0.43%	-2.50%	-7.87%	29.86%	-80.17%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$17.91	$0.80	93.47%	46.07%	0.32	163,000	-87.75%
NCMI	NATIONAL CINEMEDIA INC	$5.27	-1.03%	1.45%	-0.47%	-7.79%	-27.28%	10.61%	-52.57%	-83.10%	-96.76%	$7.60	$4.12	30.72%	27.95%	1.18	492,000	0.41%
QMMM	QMMM HOLDINGS LTD	$0.99	-2.94%	-9.17%	-11.61%	-34.00%	39.44%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$13.00	$0.54	92.38%	83.33%	0.02	586,000	1,095.92%
DRCT	DIRECT DIGITAL HOLDINGS INC	$0.53	-0.56%	-3.82%	-12.99%	-33.54%	-20.45%	-88.60%	-63.77%	N/A	N/A	$6.59	$0.44	91.97%	20.50%	1.91	175,000	38.89%
SWAG	STRAN & COMPANY INC	$1.43	-3.38%	5.15%	33.64%	45.92%	47.42%	30.00%	-18.29%	N/A	N/A	$1.52	$0.73	5.92%	95.36%	0.48	21,800	-33.94%
BAOS	BAOSHENG MEDIA GROUP HOLDINGS LTD	$2.77	-13.17%	-26.33%	3.75%	31.90%	78.71%	23.83%	-57.64%	N/A	N/A	$13.66	$1.44	79.72%	92.36%	1.48	54,000	47.95%
CNET	ZW DATA ACTION TECHNOLOGIES INC	$1.21	-22.93%	-3.97%	-25.31%	-17.12%	-28.40%	-63.55%	-82.28%	-94.78%	-98.41%	$4.53	$1.11	73.29%	9.01%	0.76	173,000	-59.58%
FLNT	FLUENT INC	$1.80	-4.15%	-7.22%	-25.31%	-12.20%	-36.17%	-46.43%	-75.41%	-85.51%	-96.80%	$3.83	$1.50	53.00%	20.00%	1.10	10,300	281.48%
DLPN	DOLPHIN ENTERTAINMENT INC	$1.12	-6.67%	-5.08%	9.80%	13.13%	-4.27%	-46.67%	-82.66%	-86.98%	N/A	$2.08	$0.75	46.18%	49.93%	0.70	57,000	233.33%
HAO	HAOXI HEALTH TECHNOLOGY LTD	$1.30	1.56%	-6.00%	-10.96%	-16.67%	-60.55%	-99.19%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$173.25	$0.84	99.25%	55.13%	0.98	14,800	-52.26%
MCHX	MARCHEX INC	$1.85	-5.61%	-3.14%	27.59%	-6.09%	-10.63%	14.91%	12.12%	25.85%	-62.17%	$2.40	$1.26	22.92%	46.83%	0.91	29,600	516.67%
IPG	INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COMPANIES INC	$23.00	-2.71%	-0.26%	-10.26%	-11.84%	-23.05%	-23.08%	-17.89%	30.02%	15.64%	$33.05	$22.51	30.41%	2.18%	0.98	6,603,000	-74.30%
MCTR	CTRL GROUP LTD	$3.75	-8.76%	-34.90%	-42.40%	-46.49%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$54.91	$3.70	93.17%	1.35%	2.61	548,000	-25.95%
LDWY	LENDWAY INC	$4.82	-5.78%	-7.23%	22.44%	24.07%	13.77%	4.96%	-41.95%	-13.70%	-75.03%	$5.53	$3.02	12.77%	60.00%	0.48	2,100	-27.59%
ABLV	ABLE VIEW GLOBAL INC	$1.12	3.24%	4.21%	-11.51%	11.50%	99.11%	5.19%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.90	$0.55	41.32%	102.36%	0.86	3,200	-88.89%
ABTS	ABITS GROUP INC	$4.26	-3.84%	-10.69%	29.88%	28.70%	-42.58%	-54.20%	-75.08%	-70.45%	N/A	$14.10	$1.35	69.78%	215.56%	1.05	97,000	347.00%
ANTE	AIRNET TECHNOLOGY INC	$0.75	4.03%	8.71%	-20.40%	10.15%	88.19%	-27.28%	-88.72%	-81.76%	-99.37%	$2.90	$0.26	74.17%	188.08%	0.69	82,000	46.43%
VSME	VS MEDIA HOLDINGS LTD	$1.02	-7.64%	-0.39%	12.76%	15.85%	-1.36%	-35.49%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$3.69	$0.51	72.47%	99.22%	1.07	40,300	192.03%
TNMG	TNL MEDIAGENE	$0.82	13.10%	43.86%	13.89%	-37.40%	-91.42%	-92.65%	-91.78%	N/A	N/A	$34.08	$0.26	97.59%	220.31%	0.49	1,279,000	451.29%
CHR	CHEER HOLDING INC	$1.39	-2.11%	-2.11%	-7.33%	-18.24%	-50.36%	-46.54%	-79.86%	-96.50%	N/A	$3.45	$1.00	59.71%	39.00%	0.38	104,000	1,138.10%

Advertising Agency Stocks FAQ

What are the best advertising agency stocks to buy right now in Jun 2025?

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:

1. Criteo Sa (NASDAQ:CRTO)

Criteo Sa (NASDAQ:CRTO) is the #1 top advertising agency stock out of 45 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 Criteo Sa (NASDAQ:CRTO) is: Value: A, Growth: B, Momentum: D, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: A.

Criteo Sa (NASDAQ:CRTO) has a Due Diligence Score of 51, which is 23 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 28.

CRTO passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Criteo Sa has seen its stock lose -35.24% over the past year, overperforming other advertising agency stocks by 10 percentage points.

Criteo Sa has an average 1 year price target of $42.44, an upside of 75.75% from Criteo Sa's current stock price of $24.15.

Criteo Sa stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 9 analysts covering Criteo Sa, 55.56% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 11.11% have issued a Buy, 33.33% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Deluxe (NYSE:DLX)

Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) is the #2 top advertising agency stock out of 45 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: A, Growth: B, Momentum: D, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) has a Due Diligence Score of 49, which is 21 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 lose -32.53% over the past year, overperforming other advertising agency stocks by 13 percentage points.

Deluxe has an average 1 year price target of $23.00, an upside of 55.93% from Deluxe's current stock price of $14.75.

Deluxe stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Deluxe, 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.

3. Nexxen International (NASDAQ:NEXN)

Nexxen International (NASDAQ:NEXN) is the #3 top advertising agency stock out of 45 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 Nexxen International (NASDAQ:NEXN) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Nexxen International (NASDAQ:NEXN) has a Due Diligence Score of 41, which is 13 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 28.

NEXN passed 13 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Nexxen International has seen its stock return 60.32% over the past year, overperforming other advertising agency stocks by 106 percentage points.

Nexxen International has an average 1 year price target of $14.14, an upside of 42.28% from Nexxen International's current stock price of $9.94.

Nexxen International stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 7 analysts covering Nexxen International, 28.57% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 71.43% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

What are the advertising agency stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 7 advertising agency stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 advertising agency stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Townsquare Media (NYSE:TSQ)

Townsquare Media (NYSE:TSQ) has an annual dividend yield of 8.56%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 4.4%. 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 -72% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Deluxe (NYSE:DLX)

Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) has an annual dividend yield of 8.14%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 4.4%. 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 95.2% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Entravision Communications (NYSE:EVC)

Entravision Communications (NYSE:EVC) has an annual dividend yield of 7.21%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 4.4%. Entravision Communications's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Entravision Communications's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Entravision Communications's dividend payout ratio of -12.2% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Why are advertising agency stocks down?

Advertising agency stocks were down -3.5% in the last day, and down -3.64% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why advertising agency stocks are down.

What are the most undervalued advertising agency stocks?

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:

1. Criteo Sa (NASDAQ:CRTO)

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 45 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 26. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Criteo Sa's stock has dropped -35.24% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the advertising agency industry by 10 percentage points.

2. Ziff Davis (NASDAQ:ZD)

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 71, which is 45 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 26. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ziff Davis's stock has dropped -44.7% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the advertising agency industry by 1 percentage points.

3. Wimi Hologram Cloud (NASDAQ:WIMI)

Wimi Hologram Cloud (NASDAQ:WIMI) is the third 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.

Wimi Hologram Cloud has a valuation score of 29, which is 3 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 26. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Wimi Hologram Cloud's stock has dropped -85.89% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the advertising agency industry by -40 percentage points.

Are advertising agency stocks a good buy now?

63.64% of advertising agency stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect advertising agency stocks to rise by 52.03% over the next year.

6.9% of advertising agency stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 13.79% of advertising agency stocks are rated B (Buy), 62.07% are rated C (Hold), 13.79% are rated D (Sell), and 3.45% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the advertising agencies industry?

The average P/E ratio of the advertising agencies industry is -9.75x.

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Advertising Agency Stocks FAQ

1. Criteo Sa (NASDAQ:CRTO)

2. Deluxe (NYSE:DLX)

3. Nexxen International (NASDAQ:NEXN)

1. Townsquare Media (NYSE:TSQ)

2. Deluxe (NYSE:DLX)

3. Entravision Communications (NYSE:EVC)

1. Criteo Sa (NASDAQ:CRTO)

2. Ziff Davis (NASDAQ:ZD)

3. Wimi Hologram Cloud (NASDAQ:WIMI)

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