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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.

Industry: Advertising Agencies

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Advertising Agencies is Zen Rated C and is the 76th 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 %
NEXN	NEXXEN INTERNATIONAL LTD	$8.78	0.92%	-1.01%	-14.17%	-3.41%	33.84%	-9.30%	152.30%	-52.87%	N/A	$11.30	$5.60	22.30%	56.79%	1.26	447,000	69.32%
QNST	QUINSTREET INC	$14.21	-1.39%	-17.67%	-25.91%	-2.34%	16.57%	-9.03%	58.06%	-20.03%	367.43%	$22.29	$10.29	36.25%	38.16%	0.99	781,000	-3.10%
STGW	STAGWELL INC	$8.22	-1.20%	-1.56%	-5.95%	18.10%	32.15%	50.27%	77.92%	7.31%	-24.38%	$9.55	$4.29	13.93%	91.83%	1.24	792,000	12.50%
LFTO	LIFTOFF MOBILE INC	$15.66	-1.57%	-11.27%	-17.19%	-38.52%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$30.10	$15.41	47.97%	1.62%	1.19	485,000	61.67%
EVC	ENTRAVISION COMMUNICATIONS CORP	$7.28	-1.75%	-8.89%	-9.79%	-45.99%	144.30%	209.79%	100.00%	-0.55%	-1.75%	$13.74	$1.95	47.02%	272.57%	1.19	1,282,000	5.17%
DLX	DELUXE CORP	$23.88	-1.85%	1.83%	1.02%	-0.50%	-12.72%	23.60%	24.70%	-34.01%	-64.69%	$32.07	$17.76	25.54%	34.46%	1.01	484,000	14.96%
MGNI	MAGNITE INC	$23.40	-2.38%	-7.55%	-1.27%	22.51%	102.25%	5.03%	207.89%	-18.44%	178.24%	$26.84	$10.82	12.82%	116.27%	2.18	2,130,000	36.89%
CRTO	CRITEO SA	$15.80	-2.95%	-5.95%	-9.51%	-15.05%	-9.51%	-29.46%	-45.54%	-55.71%	-56.35%	$25.29	$15.59	37.52%	1.35%	1.00	298,000	4.20%
CMPR	CIMPRESS PLC	$80.05	0.33%	0.38%	-10.34%	-18.61%	10.03%	29.13%	10.96%	-6.35%	-22.17%	$106.58	$60.59	24.89%	32.12%	1.41	160,000	-6.43%
WPP	WPP PLC	$25.57	-1.62%	-0.31%	-0.97%	57.55%	65.07%	4.67%	-42.40%	-61.44%	-78.49%	$27.78	$14.81	7.96%	72.71%	0.92	283,000	14.57%
OMC	OMNICOM GROUP INC	$75.10	-1.38%	-0.65%	-14.93%	1.58%	-0.29%	-5.09%	1.42%	1.61%	-11.94%	$89.57	$66.33	16.15%	13.22%	0.77	2,772,000	-4.28%
ZD	ZIFF DAVIS INC	$55.68	-1.47%	-3.11%	-0.25%	6.67%	32.82%	43.17%	-13.26%	-60.37%	-17.46%	$60.48	$22.45	7.94%	148.02%	1.15	555,000	-12.32%
TSQ	TOWNSQUARE MEDIA INC	$4.61	-7.43%	-10.31%	-20.24%	-33.76%	-6.11%	-31.80%	-48.14%	-63.96%	-51.52%	$7.97	$4.30	42.16%	7.21%	0.82	158,000	100.00%
XNET	XUNLEI LTD	$4.87	-2.79%	-2.60%	-2.79%	-9.98%	-11.45%	-47.01%	198.77%	73.93%	-10.64%	$11.03	$4.52	55.85%	7.74%	1.34	170,000	-2.86%
DTCX	DATACENTREX INC	$1.79	-6.28%	-13.11%	-31.15%	-1.10%	-18.26%	-64.20%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$5.66	$1.51	68.35%	18.54%	0.70	131,000	11.02%
TJGC	TJGC GROUP LTD	$28.54	8.77%	62.34%	188.28%	534.22%	1,319.90%	378.06%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$30.77	$1.46	7.25%	1,854.79%	1.46	201,000	91.43%
BOC	BOSTON OMAHA CORP	$13.23	-1.78%	-1.71%	-4.48%	-1.34%	10.90%	1.07%	-19.53%	-68.27%	N/A	$15.22	$10.52	13.07%	25.76%	0.87	114,000	-28.30%
STFS	STAR FASHION CULTURE HOLDINGS LTD	$3.54	-4.20%	21.90%	-16.23%	-76.51%	-12.28%	-58.02%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$20.99	$0.80	83.16%	341.88%	0.51	26,000	-54.39%
TZOO	TRAVELZOO	$5.51	-1.25%	-3.67%	-17.51%	-52.46%	-2.65%	-44.90%	-8.17%	-53.97%	-57.52%	$12.39	$4.72	55.53%	16.86%	1.07	38,400	11.63%
NCMI	NATIONAL CINEMEDIA INC	$2.21	-2.21%	-1.34%	-15.00%	-41.99%	-27.54%	-51.75%	-50.34%	-94.14%	-98.51%	$4.56	$2.11	51.54%	4.74%	1.24	1,791,000	-1.43%
HAO	HAOXI HEALTH TECHNOLOGY LTD	$2.89	-0.34%	5.09%	-5.86%	-85.83%	-99.89%	-99.91%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$4.35k	$2.61	99.93%	10.73%	0.97	32,400	-38.87%
ADV	ADVANTAGE SOLUTIONS INC	$31.93	-3.59%	-2.34%	-7.46%	-31.80%	16.15%	-17.06%	-54.55%	-84.80%	N/A	$47.08	$12.23	32.18%	161.04%	1.11	70,000	-1.96%
TDIC	DREAMLAND LTD	$2.73	-13.61%	42.93%	7.91%	-53.73%	-80.88%	-99.61%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$987.50	$1.85	99.72%	47.57%	4.18	814,000	-98.10%
ABLV	ABLE VIEW GLOBAL INC	$1.67	28.08%	75.26%	41.22%	50.00%	168.55%	88.14%	-49.85%	N/A	N/A	$1.70	$0.54	2.06%	208.33%	0.66	413,000	-80.59%
CHR	CHEER HOLDING INC	$1.64	-1.51%	3.48%	-9.17%	-13.95%	-32.63%	-98.62%	-99.71%	-99.94%	N/A	$122.33	$1.25	98.66%	30.80%	0.52	8,300	-73.23%
BAOS	BAOSHENG MEDIA GROUP HOLDINGS LTD	$0.25	-5.30%	-8.09%	-28.16%	-90.60%	-89.84%	-92.96%	-94.59%	-99.29%	N/A	$5.22	$0.24	95.21%	3.73%	1.37	193,000	-58.58%
CNET	ZW DATA ACTION TECHNOLOGIES INC	$2.04	10.27%	55.73%	46.76%	68.60%	200.00%	-11.69%	-40.87%	-91.90%	-92.71%	$2.87	$0.57	28.92%	257.89%	0.62	752,000	-97.05%
DLPN	DOLPHIN ENTERTAINMENT INC	$1.07	-1.38%	-1.83%	-2.73%	-8.55%	-29.14%	-16.41%	-69.94%	-95.48%	N/A	$1.88	$1.02	43.09%	4.90%	0.98	10,000	69.49%
GIXI	GIX INTERNET LTD	$4.78	-2.45%	-9.47%	-60.17%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$15.50	$4.74	69.16%	0.84%	-4.94	16,000	142.42%
INUV	INUVO INC	$0.57	0.00%	-1.72%	-18.57%	-58.09%	-69.84%	-84.34%	-72.86%	-91.55%	-95.17%	$3.80	$0.55	85.00%	3.64%	1.19	67,000	-50.00%
CCO	CLEAR CHANNEL OUTDOOR HOLDINGS INC	$2.36	0.00%	-0.84%	0.85%	-1.67%	0.00%	50.32%	44.79%	-13.55%	-60.60%	$2.44	$1.27	3.28%	85.83%	1.70	3,981,000	24.41%
CDLX	CARDLYTICS INC	$3.14	-4.85%	-14.67%	-21.89%	-35.52%	-65.09%	-88.11%	-98.09%	-99.65%	N/A	$26.70	$3.11	88.24%	0.96%	2.52	26,000	-31.03%
DRCT	DIRECT DIGITAL HOLDINGS INC	$1.52	-3.18%	-10.59%	-36.13%	-42.42%	-50.79%	-97.81%	-99.74%	N/A	N/A	$113.81	$1.51	98.66%	0.66%	1.79	25,800	61.25%
EDHL	EVERBRIGHT DIGITAL HOLDING LTD	$5.14	2.80%	-0.77%	29.05%	27.23%	60.63%	-53.44%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$21.60	$2.00	76.20%	157.00%	0.93	263,000	-70.15%
FLNT	FLUENT INC	$3.09	-2.37%	-11.86%	-12.11%	-13.83%	-1.12%	38.34%	13.75%	-77.35%	-90.11%	$4.45	$1.70	30.67%	81.47%	0.93	29,700	-59.86%
MCHX	MARCHEX INC	$1.32	0.76%	-5.04%	-28.26%	-19.02%	-15.38%	-28.26%	-8.97%	-56.00%	-52.17%	$2.04	$1.15	35.26%	14.78%	0.93	33,600	115.38%
SWAG	STRAN & COMPANY INC	$1.40	-10.26%	-6.67%	-18.13%	-36.65%	-15.15%	-11.39%	12.90%	N/A	N/A	$3.50	$1.33	60.00%	5.26%	0.62	104,000	1,385.71%
ACCS	ACCESS NEWSWIRE INC	$4.70	-1.88%	-6.19%	-17.69%	-29.64%	-46.59%	-55.83%	-75.17%	-81.99%	-34.99%	$11.34	$4.70	58.55%	0.00%	0.33	9,100	237.04%
VSME	VS MEDIA HOLDINGS LTD	$0.98	-2.00%	14.62%	-10.91%	-47.87%	-2.97%	-98.22%	-99.82%	N/A	N/A	$55.00	$0.70	98.22%	40.00%	1.18	170,000	-98.60%
WIMI	WIMI HOLOGRAM CLOUD INC	$0.73	-7.22%	-25.05%	-43.62%	-52.40%	-59.73%	-84.30%	-94.90%	-99.07%	N/A	$5.04	$0.71	85.47%	3.24%	1.47	228,000	39.88%
YDKG	YUEDA DIGITAL HOLDING	$0.92	3.27%	4.20%	-7.37%	8.14%	-10.10%	-99.75%	-99.05%	-99.91%	-99.99%	$390.00	$0.73	99.76%	25.62%	0.52	104,000	2,958.82%

Advertising Agency Stocks FAQ

What are the best advertising agency stocks to buy right now in Sep 2026?

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. Nexxen International (NASDAQ:NEXN)

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: C, 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 -9.3% over the past year, overperforming other advertising agency stocks by 81 percentage points.

Nexxen International has an average 1 year price target of $13.00, an upside of 48.06% from Nexxen International's current stock price of $8.78.

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.

2. Quinstreet (NASDAQ:QNST)

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: B, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Quinstreet (NASDAQ:QNST) has a Due Diligence Score of 60, which is 33 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 27.

QNST passed 20 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Quinstreet has seen its stock lose -9.03% over the past year, overperforming other advertising agency stocks by 81 percentage points.

Quinstreet has an average 1 year price target of $21.00, an upside of 47.78% from Quinstreet's current stock price of $14.21.

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.

3. Stagwell (NASDAQ:STGW)

Stagwell (NASDAQ:STGW) is the #3 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 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 50.27% over the past year, overperforming other advertising agency stocks by 141 percentage points.

Stagwell has an average 1 year price target of $10.00, an upside of 21.65% from Stagwell's current stock price of $8.22.

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.

What are the advertising agency stocks with highest dividends?

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:

1. Townsquare Media (NYSE:TSQ)

Townsquare Media (NYSE:TSQ) has an annual dividend yield of 17.35%, which is 11 percentage points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 5.91%. 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.

2. Deluxe (NYSE:DLX)

Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) has an annual dividend yield of 5.03%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the advertising agency industry average of 5.91%. 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.

3. Omnicom Group (NYSE:OMC)

Omnicom Group (NYSE:OMC) has an annual dividend yield of 4.26%, which is -2 percentage points lower than the advertising agency industry average of 5.91%. 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 775% 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 -0.94% in the last day, and down -0.19% 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 50 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 21. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Criteo Sa's stock has dropped -29.46% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the advertising agency industry by 61 percentage points.

2. Deluxe (NYSE:DLX)

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 50 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 21. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Deluxe's stock has gained 23.6% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the advertising agency industry by 114 percentage points.

3. Ziff Davis (NASDAQ:ZD)

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 50 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 21. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ziff Davis's stock has gained 43.17% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the advertising agency industry by 134 percentage points.

Are advertising agency stocks a good buy now?

50% of advertising agency stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect advertising agency stocks to rise by 50.5% over the next year.

13.64% of advertising agency stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 9.09% of advertising agency stocks are rated B (Buy), 59.09% are rated C (Hold), 18.18% are rated D (Sell), and 0% 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 94.44x.

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Advertising Agency Stocks FAQ

1. Nexxen International (NASDAQ:NEXN)

2. Quinstreet (NASDAQ:QNST)

3. Stagwell (NASDAQ:STGW)

1. Townsquare Media (NYSE:TSQ)

2. Deluxe (NYSE:DLX)

3. Omnicom Group (NYSE:OMC)

1. Criteo Sa (NASDAQ:CRTO)

2. Deluxe (NYSE:DLX)

3. Ziff Davis (NASDAQ:ZD)

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