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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 44th 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	$20.05	2.04%	-3.84%	-8.28%	-15.44%	-28.21%	-50.65%	-22.11%	57.50%	-49.90%	$47.27	$19.50	57.58%	2.82%	1.09	670,000	80.59%
DLX	DELUXE CORP	$18.46	1.43%	-2.74%	-6.06%	12.97%	25.49%	-3.40%	16.69%	-26.16%	-68.89%	$24.45	$13.61	24.50%	35.64%	1.10	238,000	30.77%
XNET	XUNLEI LTD	$9.04	-1.53%	-16.14%	17.40%	98.68%	153.22%	347.52%	617.46%	209.59%	29.14%	$11.03	$1.82	18.04%	396.70%	1.41	427,000	-28.60%
QNST	QUINSTREET INC	$14.40	4.50%	-4.06%	-11.00%	-7.46%	-5.76%	-24.80%	29.61%	-11.44%	149.57%	$26.27	$13.56	45.18%	6.19%	1.04	741,000	14.35%
ZD	ZIFF DAVIS INC	$37.07	3.22%	-4.68%	1.15%	13.82%	15.88%	-18.94%	-46.61%	-47.94%	-50.41%	$60.62	$28.55	38.85%	29.84%	1.20	644,000	5.06%
MGNI	MAGNITE INC	$17.96	2.63%	-5.97%	-24.32%	-22.27%	85.54%	44.84%	182.39%	92.91%	17.08%	$26.65	$8.22	32.61%	118.49%	2.32	2,326,000	-24.65%
EEX	EMERALD HOLDING INC	$4.89	-0.20%	0.62%	-3.74%	-4.31%	37.75%	18.69%	59.28%	78.47%	N/A	$5.45	$3.22	10.28%	52.10%	1.06	51,600	18.08%
CMPR	CIMPRESS PLC	$64.18	2.54%	1.84%	11.44%	38.17%	47.51%	-21.59%	199.07%	-26.31%	-19.92%	$85.56	$35.21	24.99%	82.28%	1.47	103,000	-4.63%
STGW	STAGWELL INC	$5.19	2.77%	-4.42%	-2.26%	10.90%	-1.70%	-23.56%	-26.80%	151.94%	-74.42%	$8.18	$4.03	36.55%	28.78%	1.25	1,148,000	8.71%
NEXN	NEXXEN INTERNATIONAL LTD	$8.97	7.68%	5.90%	-7.05%	-9.67%	1.82%	15.89%	35.70%	N/A	N/A	$12.60	$6.93	28.81%	29.44%	1.34	1,271,000	183.71%
ADV	ADVANTAGE SOLUTIONS INC	$1.50	4.17%	2.74%	-23.47%	5.63%	26.05%	-54.13%	-39.02%	-85.03%	N/A	$4.04	$1.04	62.87%	44.23%	1.14	405,000	-34.15%
TZOO	TRAVELZOO	$10.37	1.47%	4.12%	7.91%	-20.48%	-12.71%	-17.24%	124.46%	53.63%	11.15%	$24.85	$9.20	58.27%	12.72%	1.14	107,000	-21.32%
IPG	INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COMPANIES INC	$26.79	2.60%	-1.65%	1.90%	8.33%	7.12%	-14.95%	-2.48%	48.26%	28.49%	$33.05	$22.51	18.94%	19.01%	0.98	6,726,000	4.83%
WIMI	WIMI HOLOGRAM CLOUD INC	$4.24	0.95%	-8.62%	-1.85%	33.33%	-5.36%	-77.02%	-81.07%	-96.44%	N/A	$58.40	$2.24	92.74%	89.71%	1.48	193,000	-14.22%
INUV	INUVO INC	$3.36	-2.33%	-5.88%	-3.72%	-37.66%	-9.43%	32.65%	-11.53%	-3.36%	-87.87%	$7.90	$1.90	57.47%	76.84%	1.34	103,000	-2.83%
CCO	CLEAR CHANNEL OUTDOOR HOLDINGS INC	$1.35	3.85%	-5.59%	0.75%	8.00%	40.63%	-12.90%	-7.53%	38.75%	-81.20%	$1.69	$0.81	20.12%	66.46%	1.84	1,880,000	29.39%
EVC	ENTRAVISION COMMUNICATIONS CORP	$2.10	-0.94%	-6.25%	-18.60%	-17.00%	14.13%	-0.47%	-48.66%	9.38%	-73.04%	$2.73	$1.58	23.08%	32.91%	1.13	230,000	42.86%
CDLX	CARDLYTICS INC	$2.12	9.84%	-6.81%	66.93%	18.44%	50.35%	-43.77%	-70.72%	-97.49%	N/A	$5.25	$0.85	59.58%	148.83%	2.49	1,919,000	42.57%
OMC	OMNICOM GROUP INC	$78.55	2.67%	-1.52%	2.21%	8.12%	2.63%	-23.93%	17.82%	47.71%	10.84%	$107.00	$68.37	26.59%	14.89%	0.83	3,958,000	15.93%
EDHL	EVERBRIGHT DIGITAL HOLDING LTD	$1.07	114.43%	120.16%	10.77%	17.20%	-74.52%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$6.88	$0.36	84.45%	197.22%	0.47	86,475,000	23,656.87%
TSQ	TOWNSQUARE MEDIA INC	$6.25	2.63%	-0.16%	-9.68%	-25.24%	-13.07%	-40.81%	-15.43%	30.75%	-42.08%	$10.60	$6.07	41.04%	3.00%	0.78	89,500	24.31%
YDKG	YUEDA DIGITAL HOLDING	$1.39	-18.24%	-55.87%	-67.22%	32.38%	135.99%	265.79%	-45.02%	-62.95%	-98.76%	$6.69	$0.33	79.22%	319.94%	0.67	794,000	171.92%
VSME	VS MEDIA HOLDINGS LTD	$1.42	5.60%	-35.68%	-48.17%	28.64%	65.30%	62.64%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$3.69	$0.51	61.65%	177.45%	1.02	530,000	-22.06%
WPP	WPP PLC	$22.90	0.93%	-6.30%	-13.97%	-17.39%	-36.97%	-53.60%	-44.44%	-45.70%	-78.62%	$57.37	$22.42	60.08%	2.14%	0.94	1,462,000	185.55%
BOC	BOSTON OMAHA CORP	$13.88	-0.50%	6.69%	2.89%	-1.21%	-2.46%	-5.32%	-40.71%	-20.18%	N/A	$16.20	$12.27	14.32%	13.12%	1.04	159,000	-10.17%
TZUP	THUMZUP MEDIA CORP	$5.04	-5.44%	-2.33%	-9.03%	-53.20%	13.51%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$16.49	$2.02	69.44%	149.50%	0.22	447,000	155.43%
NCMI	NATIONAL CINEMEDIA INC	$4.18	0.00%	-4.57%	-14.17%	-14.69%	-28.06%	-38.53%	-28.41%	-81.42%	-96.97%	$7.60	$4.11	45.00%	1.70%	1.21	651,000	31.25%
SWAG	STRAN & COMPANY INC	$1.76	0.00%	-4.35%	-8.33%	25.71%	72.55%	55.75%	22.22%	N/A	N/A	$2.04	$0.73	13.73%	140.44%	0.47	14,000	-20.90%
BAOS	BAOSHENG MEDIA GROUP HOLDINGS LTD	$3.91	-4.17%	16.02%	32.09%	46.99%	84.43%	61.57%	-17.53%	N/A	N/A	$13.66	$1.44	71.38%	171.53%	1.49	76,000	-39.20%
MCTR	CTRL GROUP LTD	$1.63	4.49%	-12.37%	-18.50%	-41.79%	-78.12%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$54.91	$1.33	97.03%	22.56%	2.40	27,000	-39.19%
DRCT	DIRECT DIGITAL HOLDINGS INC	$0.37	6.32%	25.85%	-11.48%	-34.16%	-28.43%	-89.75%	-81.59%	N/A	N/A	$6.59	$0.28	94.39%	31.21%	1.90	2,070,000	20.42%
DLPN	DOLPHIN ENTERTAINMENT INC	$1.59	14.39%	6.00%	18.66%	32.50%	54.37%	15.38%	-66.53%	-77.32%	N/A	$1.78	$0.75	10.67%	112.85%	0.73	185,000	527.12%
FLNT	FLUENT INC	$2.15	2.87%	-8.90%	4.88%	-1.38%	-3.85%	-25.35%	-71.78%	-86.22%	-94.22%	$3.46	$1.50	37.86%	43.33%	1.11	12,900	-51.87%
HAO	HAOXI HEALTH TECHNOLOGY LTD	$1.14	-3.39%	-11.63%	-10.94%	-18.57%	-11.63%	-73.49%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$6.79	$0.84	83.21%	36.04%	1.03	29,700	33.78%
IAS	INTEGRAL AD SCIENCE HOLDING CORP	$10.19	0.00%	0.00%	22.18%	27.53%	55.34%	-5.47%	35.69%	N/A	N/A	$13.62	$6.26	25.18%	62.75%	1.36	1,874,000	112.47%
ABLV	ABLE VIEW GLOBAL INC	$1.00	9.17%	3.73%	8.70%	9.41%	4.38%	13.64%	-89.99%	N/A	N/A	$1.77	$0.55	43.50%	81.49%	0.77	7,300	35.19%
LDWY	LENDWAY INC	$5.01	2.24%	6.14%	-4.57%	-4.02%	36.85%	47.74%	-13.47%	3.32%	-72.79%	$6.19	$3.12	19.06%	60.58%	0.51	2,500	N/A
MCHX	MARCHEX INC	$1.88	-2.34%	2.73%	-3.59%	-6.47%	40.30%	1.08%	18.24%	-1.05%	-53.35%	$2.40	$1.26	21.67%	49.21%	0.95	74,000	0.00%
ABTS	ABITS GROUP INC	$7.70	-2.90%	-23.00%	76.20%	42.46%	266.67%	6.94%	-39.61%	-46.64%	N/A	$14.10	$1.35	45.37%	470.37%	1.01	60,000	-60.53%
QMMM	QMMM HOLDINGS LTD	$119.40	0.00%	0.00%	9.04%	6,645.76%	17,562.72%	1,448.64%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$303.00	$0.54	60.59%	22,011.11%	0.77	0	N/A
SDM	SMART DIGITAL GROUP LTD	$1.85	0.00%	0.00%	-79.89%	-85.47%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$29.40	$1.50	93.71%	23.33%	-0.52	0	N/A
STFS	STAR FASHION CULTURE HOLDINGS LTD	$0.20	-7.04%	-6.16%	30.26%	-85.44%	-79.73%	-94.11%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$17.91	$0.12	98.89%	70.69%	0.28	2,883,000	36.89%
TDIC	DREAMLAND LTD	$0.75	-25.74%	-89.68%	-81.11%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$7.90	$0.60	90.51%	24.58%	8.09	2,683,000	-78.97%
CHR	CHEER HOLDING INC	$0.14	2.86%	-10.56%	-79.72%	-90.27%	-86.83%	-95.20%	-99.04%	-99.47%	N/A	$3.45	$0.12	95.83%	23.08%	0.44	5,926,000	-47.72%
CNET	ZW DATA ACTION TECHNOLOGIES INC	$2.08	-7.14%	-13.69%	10.05%	16.20%	38.67%	11.83%	-88.82%	-92.78%	-95.43%	$2.78	$0.96	25.18%	116.67%	0.76	16,900	116.67%

Advertising Agency Stocks FAQ

What are the best advertising agency stocks to buy right now in Oct 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: C, Momentum: D, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Criteo Sa (NASDAQ:CRTO) has a Due Diligence Score of 54, which is 24 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 30.

CRTO passed 17 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Criteo Sa has seen its stock lose -50.65% over the past year, underperforming other advertising agency stocks by -47 percentage points.

Criteo Sa has an average 1 year price target of $39.11, an upside of 95.07% from Criteo Sa's current stock price of $20.05.

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 B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

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

Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) has a Due Diligence Score of 46, which is 16 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 30.

DLX passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Deluxe has seen its stock lose -3.4% over the past year.

Deluxe has an average 1 year price target of $23.00, an upside of 24.59% from Deluxe's current stock price of $18.46.

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. Xunlei (NASDAQ:XNET)

Xunlei (NASDAQ:XNET) 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 Xunlei (NASDAQ:XNET) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: A, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Xunlei (NASDAQ:XNET) has a Due Diligence Score of 53, which is 23 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 30.

XNET passed 17 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Xunlei has seen its stock return 347.52% over the past year, overperforming other advertising agency stocks by 351 percentage points.

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. Entravision Communications (NYSE:EVC)

Entravision Communications (NYSE:EVC) has an annual dividend yield of 7.14%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 4.26%. 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 -15% 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 6.5%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 4.26%. 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 92.3% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Townsquare Media (NYSE:TSQ)

Townsquare Media (NYSE:TSQ) has an annual dividend yield of 6.4%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 4.26%. 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 35.2% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are advertising agency stocks up?

Advertising agency stocks were up 1.52% in the last day, and down -3.36% over the last week.

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

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 46 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 25. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Criteo Sa's stock has dropped -50.65% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the advertising agency industry by -47 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 57, which is 32 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 25. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ziff Davis's stock has dropped -18.94% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the advertising agency industry by -16 percentage points.

3. Travelzoo (NASDAQ:TZOO)

Travelzoo (NASDAQ:TZOO) 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.

Travelzoo has a valuation score of 71, which is 46 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 25. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Travelzoo's stock has dropped -17.24% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the advertising agency industry by -14 percentage points.

Are advertising agency stocks a good buy now?

52.38% of advertising agency stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect advertising agency stocks to rise by 35.49% over the next year.

3.7% of advertising agency stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 22.22% of advertising agency stocks are rated B (Buy), 59.26% are rated C (Hold), 11.11% are rated D (Sell), and 3.7% 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 8.66x.

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Advertising Agency Stocks FAQ

1. Criteo Sa (NASDAQ:CRTO)

2. Deluxe (NYSE:DLX)

3. Xunlei (NASDAQ:XNET)

1. Entravision Communications (NYSE:EVC)

2. Deluxe (NYSE:DLX)

3. Townsquare Media (NYSE:TSQ)

1. Criteo Sa (NASDAQ:CRTO)

2. Ziff Davis (NASDAQ:ZD)

3. Travelzoo (NASDAQ:TZOO)

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