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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 C and is the 79th 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 %
DLX	DELUXE CORP	$20.09	-1.13%	1.41%	11.06%	3.66%	42.08%	-15.48%	4.26%	-21.95%	-66.52%	$24.30	$13.61	17.33%	47.61%	1.07	397,000	278.10%
CRTO	CRITEO SA	$19.41	-2.36%	-1.92%	-13.12%	-17.47%	-23.28%	-52.45%	-27.33%	-0.41%	-52.58%	$47.27	$19.13	58.93%	1.46%	1.10	803,000	372.35%
CMPR	CIMPRESS PLC	$67.75	-1.60%	-2.01%	-0.54%	8.47%	55.03%	-18.44%	116.80%	-23.14%	-27.02%	$85.56	$35.21	20.82%	92.42%	1.44	395,000	148.43%
XNET	XUNLEI LTD	$7.15	-1.11%	2.14%	-17.91%	-2.05%	29.29%	234.11%	278.31%	124.84%	-2.05%	$11.03	$1.90	35.18%	276.32%	1.43	488,000	95.20%
ADV	ADVANTAGE SOLUTIONS INC	$0.93	-2.21%	2.09%	-26.85%	-46.30%	-19.22%	-74.96%	-62.54%	-91.22%	N/A	$3.72	$0.90	75.03%	3.80%	1.20	535,000	171.57%
QNST	QUINSTREET INC	$13.94	-0.14%	2.65%	-7.31%	-9.89%	-8.05%	-39.76%	-2.52%	-23.20%	184.49%	$25.50	$12.98	45.33%	7.40%	1.04	381,000	121.51%
STGW	STAGWELL INC	$5.30	-1.12%	-3.46%	11.58%	-5.19%	27.40%	-34.57%	-29.05%	128.45%	-75.91%	$8.11	$4.03	34.65%	31.51%	1.29	1,009,000	122.74%
MGNI	MAGNITE INC	$14.78	0.61%	0.27%	-16.69%	-42.19%	-11.39%	-14.02%	24.52%	-22.19%	-1.47%	$26.65	$8.22	44.54%	79.81%	2.35	2,724,000	64.39%
ZD	ZIFF DAVIS INC	$33.02	0.61%	0.58%	-2.85%	-13.01%	5.94%	-44.96%	-64.69%	-63.51%	-59.11%	$60.62	$28.55	45.53%	15.66%	1.19	696,000	144.21%
TZOO	TRAVELZOO	$6.99	-1.69%	0.14%	-13.06%	-28.09%	-45.65%	-64.30%	34.42%	-27.04%	-19.10%	$24.85	$6.59	71.87%	6.07%	1.12	114,000	256.25%
WIMI	WIMI HOLOGRAM CLOUD INC	$2.92	-4.58%	1.04%	-18.89%	-25.89%	-9.60%	-82.80%	-80.97%	-97.50%	N/A	$58.40	$2.24	95.00%	30.65%	1.53	61,000	82.63%
EVC	ENTRAVISION COMMUNICATIONS CORP	$2.82	1.44%	4.83%	41.71%	13.25%	43.15%	14.17%	-49.46%	-3.75%	-66.55%	$3.15	$1.58	10.33%	78.48%	1.10	279,000	83.55%
OMC	OMNICOM GROUP INC	$72.01	0.54%	-3.77%	-1.40%	-6.40%	2.16%	-31.43%	-9.83%	13.63%	-3.99%	$105.49	$68.37	31.74%	5.32%	0.79	7,731,000	-16.12%
NEXN	NEXXEN INTERNATIONAL LTD	$6.52	0.77%	0.93%	-22.47%	-33.87%	-44.03%	-34.47%	-17.68%	N/A	N/A	$12.60	$6.08	48.25%	7.24%	1.35	291,000	78.53%
NCMI	NATIONAL CINEMEDIA INC	$4.19	-2.78%	0.72%	-5.84%	-6.68%	-17.03%	-42.60%	-3.30%	-88.64%	-97.39%	$7.60	$3.81	44.87%	9.97%	1.18	234,000	69.57%
EDHL	EVERBRIGHT DIGITAL HOLDING LTD	$0.90	4.90%	16.88%	-10.89%	114.80%	-80.97%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$6.88	$0.36	86.92%	150.00%	0.62	308,000	91.30%
YDKG	YUEDA DIGITAL HOLDING	$1.79	26.06%	34.59%	-70.17%	-99.68%	-97.84%	-95.54%	-99.27%	-99.62%	-99.98%	$669.00	$1.25	99.73%	43.20%	0.63	1,397,000	289.14%
TSQ	TOWNSQUARE MEDIA INC	$4.99	1.22%	8.71%	-20.67%	-30.21%	-27.26%	-51.65%	-32.48%	-25.74%	-55.45%	$10.50	$4.30	52.49%	16.05%	0.78	85,000	46.55%
CCO	CLEAR CHANNEL OUTDOOR HOLDINGS INC	$2.00	0.50%	6.95%	11.11%	58.73%	90.48%	27.39%	86.92%	33.33%	-61.90%	$2.04	$0.81	1.96%	146.61%	1.85	1,980,000	101.63%
WPP	WPP PLC	$19.55	-2.59%	-1.66%	8.73%	-25.41%	-50.41%	-64.33%	-63.46%	-61.13%	-83.18%	$57.37	$17.47	65.92%	11.91%	0.94	1,169,000	367.60%
CDLX	CARDLYTICS INC	$1.19	-4.03%	-2.46%	-37.37%	17.82%	-32.39%	-70.90%	-73.20%	-99.04%	N/A	$4.24	$0.85	71.93%	39.67%	2.56	523,000	143.26%
BOC	BOSTON OMAHA CORP	$12.70	2.17%	3.59%	-0.86%	-6.55%	-10.75%	-16.99%	-55.69%	-45.19%	N/A	$15.75	$11.30	19.37%	12.39%	1.02	273,000	113.28%
TZUP	THUMZUP MEDIA CORP	$3.59	-9.92%	-8.55%	-14.44%	-33.98%	-55.08%	-30.52%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$16.49	$2.02	78.26%	77.48%	0.35	136,000	-24.44%
INUV	INUVO INC	$2.85	-2.06%	13.10%	-1.72%	-15.43%	-26.92%	-21.01%	-1.83%	-30.49%	-90.81%	$7.90	$2.34	63.93%	21.79%	1.33	104,000	254.95%
IAS	INTEGRAL AD SCIENCE HOLDING CORP	$10.28	0.00%	0.19%	0.59%	14.73%	25.90%	-10.92%	5.01%	N/A	N/A	$11.77	$6.26	12.66%	64.19%	1.33	698,000	123.00%
BAOS	BAOSHENG MEDIA GROUP HOLDINGS LTD	$3.21	-6.41%	36.02%	6.64%	12.63%	39.57%	71.38%	-39.82%	N/A	N/A	$13.66	$1.44	76.50%	122.92%	1.51	7,400	-71.97%
CNET	ZW DATA ACTION TECHNOLOGIES INC	$1.53	1.32%	17.69%	-29.49%	-1.48%	26.45%	-8.93%	-86.34%	-95.43%	-96.75%	$2.78	$0.96	44.96%	59.38%	0.75	2,500	-34.21%
EEX	EMERALD HOLDING INC	$3.37	-7.92%	-7.42%	-20.52%	-32.33%	-27.21%	-31.50%	-8.92%	-19.95%	N/A	$5.45	$3.22	38.17%	4.82%	1.02	27,800	139.66%
DRCT	DIRECT DIGITAL HOLDINGS INC	$0.12	3.48%	-22.22%	-66.94%	-74.07%	-76.85%	-89.83%	-95.77%	N/A	N/A	$6.59	$0.11	98.19%	9.17%	1.83	314,671,000	3,202.25%
MCHX	MARCHEX INC	$1.60	-1.54%	-0.62%	-9.86%	-18.78%	3.23%	-10.11%	-7.51%	-25.58%	-63.30%	$2.40	$1.26	33.33%	26.98%	0.96	2,900	11.54%
DLPN	DOLPHIN ENTERTAINMENT INC	$1.61	-0.62%	-4.73%	-8.00%	30.89%	53.33%	28.80%	-67.14%	-75.97%	N/A	$1.88	$0.75	14.36%	115.53%	0.76	45,000	2.27%
FLNT	FLUENT INC	$1.76	-1.12%	2.62%	-15.79%	-19.63%	-2.22%	-33.86%	-76.53%	-91.92%	-96.95%	$3.12	$1.50	43.59%	17.33%	1.06	6,600	-49.23%
TDIC	DREAMLAND LTD	$0.33	-8.71%	13.64%	-33.67%	-91.45%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$7.90	$0.23	95.89%	41.30%	5.89	242,000	-28.82%
ABLV	ABLE VIEW GLOBAL INC	$0.66	0.00%	-0.90%	-28.26%	-26.59%	-46.77%	-16.77%	-93.47%	N/A	N/A	$1.77	$0.55	62.71%	19.78%	0.77	1,800	-45.45%
LDWY	LENDWAY INC	$3.70	-1.86%	4.23%	-17.41%	-32.48%	-20.60%	-15.53%	-58.43%	-49.18%	-82.20%	$6.19	$3.35	40.23%	10.45%	0.63	1,600	220.00%
MCTR	CTRL GROUP LTD	$0.97	-2.21%	-4.71%	-3.76%	-35.20%	-80.16%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$54.91	$0.85	98.23%	13.82%	2.35	8,600	-49.71%
QMMM	QMMM HOLDINGS LTD	$119.40	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	1,731.29%	10,373.68%	13,361.10%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$303.00	$0.56	60.59%	21,221.43%	0.70	0	N/A
SDM	SMART DIGITAL GROUP LTD	$1.85	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	-80.93%	-75.00%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$29.40	$1.50	93.71%	23.33%	-0.36	0	N/A
STFS	STAR FASHION CULTURE HOLDINGS LTD	$0.15	0.00%	-5.13%	-11.90%	0.68%	-88.53%	-97.27%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$17.91	$0.12	99.17%	27.59%	0.28	779,000	1.43%
SWAG	STRAN & COMPANY INC	$1.84	-8.91%	-8.00%	-5.15%	2.22%	71.96%	65.77%	35.29%	N/A	N/A	$3.50	$0.73	47.43%	151.37%	0.59	231,000	455.29%
CHR	CHEER HOLDING INC	$0.04	2.38%	-2.27%	-65.87%	-96.29%	-96.83%	-98.40%	-99.71%	-99.84%	N/A	$3.45	$0.04	98.75%	4.88%	0.43	54,504,000	44.25%
VSME	VS MEDIA HOLDINGS LTD	$0.15	-5.19%	-8.75%	-74.96%	-94.16%	-82.32%	-87.73%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$3.21	$0.13	95.45%	11.45%	1.12	1,319,000	32.56%
HAO	HAOXI HEALTH TECHNOLOGY LTD	$1.03	-3.74%	13.19%	0.00%	-12.71%	-32.50%	-67.69%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$4.99	$0.82	79.35%	25.61%	0.97	11,400	-48.65%
ABTS	ABITS GROUP INC	$6.45	15.80%	8.22%	0.78%	79.17%	57.32%	-29.52%	-51.14%	-67.18%	N/A	$14.10	$1.35	54.24%	377.78%	1.03	13,200	528.57%

Advertising Agency Stocks FAQ

What are the best advertising agency stocks to buy right now in Dec 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. Deluxe (NYSE:DLX)

Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) is the #1 top advertising agency stock out of 44 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: C, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) has a Due Diligence Score of 57, which is 25 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 32.

DLX passed 21 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Deluxe has seen its stock lose -15.48% over the past year, overperforming other advertising agency stocks by 6 percentage points.

2. Criteo Sa (NASDAQ:CRTO)

Criteo Sa (NASDAQ:CRTO) is the #2 top advertising agency stock out of 44 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: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Criteo Sa (NASDAQ:CRTO) has a Due Diligence Score of 51, which is 19 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 32.

CRTO passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Criteo Sa has seen its stock lose -52.45% over the past year, underperforming other advertising agency stocks by -31 percentage points.

Criteo Sa has an average 1 year price target of $41.60, an upside of 114.32% from Criteo Sa's current stock price of $19.41.

Criteo Sa stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Criteo Sa, 80% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 20% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Cimpress (NASDAQ:CMPR)

Cimpress (NASDAQ:CMPR) is the #3 top advertising agency stock out of 44 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 Cimpress (NASDAQ:CMPR) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Cimpress (NASDAQ:CMPR) has a Due Diligence Score of 32, which is equal to the advertising agency industry average of 32.

CMPR passed 11 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Cimpress has seen its stock lose -18.44% over the past year, overperforming other advertising agency stocks by 3 percentage points.

Cimpress has an average 1 year price target of $80.50, an upside of 18.82% from Cimpress's current stock price of $67.75.

Cimpress stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Cimpress, 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.

What are the advertising agency stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 5 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 12.02%, which is 7 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 67% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

2. Deluxe (NYSE:DLX)

Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) has an annual dividend yield of 5.97%, which is 1 percentage points higher than 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 64.9% 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 2.92%, which is -2 percentage points lower than the advertising agency industry average of 5.15%. 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 41% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are advertising agency stocks down?

Advertising agency stocks were down -0.38% in the last day, and down -0.2% over the last week. Thumzup Media was the among the top losers in the advertising agencies industry, dropping -9.92% yesterday.

Shares of software companies are trading lower, possibly because of a rise in Treasury yields, which could pressure growth stocks. The sector may also be seeing weakness due to investor concerns about an AI bubble.

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 42 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 29. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Criteo Sa's stock has dropped -52.45% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the advertising agency industry by -31 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 42 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 29. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ziff Davis's stock has dropped -44.96% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the advertising agency industry by -24 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 57, which is 28 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 29. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Travelzoo's stock has dropped -64.3% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the advertising agency industry by -43 percentage points.

Are advertising agency stocks a good buy now?

41.18% of advertising agency stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect advertising agency stocks to rise by 44.68% over the next year.

8.33% of advertising agency stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 16.67% of advertising agency stocks are rated B (Buy), 45.83% are rated C (Hold), 16.67% are rated D (Sell), and 12.5% 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 -28.59x.

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