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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.

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:

Nexxen International (NASDAQ:NEXN) 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 Nexxen International (NASDAQ:NEXN) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: B.

Nexxen International (NASDAQ:NEXN) has a Due Diligence Score of 41, which is 12 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 29.

NEXN passed 13 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Nexxen International has seen its stock return 80.14% over the past year, overperforming other advertising agency stocks by 126 percentage points.

Nexxen International has an average 1 year price target of $12.33, an upside of 22.47% from Nexxen International's current stock price of $10.07.

Nexxen International stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering Nexxen International, 33.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 66.67% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Townsquare Media (NYSE:TSQ) is the #2 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 Townsquare Media (NYSE:TSQ) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Townsquare Media (NYSE:TSQ) has a Due Diligence Score of 8, which is -21 points lower than the advertising agency industry average of 29. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates TSQ as a "B".

TSQ passed 3 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Townsquare Media has seen its stock lose -43.68% over the past year, overperforming other advertising agency stocks by 3 percentage points.

Townsquare Media has an average 1 year price target of $15.00, an upside of 122.88% from Townsquare Media's current stock price of $6.73.

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

Emerald Holding (NYSE:EEX) 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 Emerald Holding (NYSE:EEX) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Emerald Holding (NYSE:EEX) has a Due Diligence Score of 13, which is -16 points lower than the advertising agency industry average of 29. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates EEX as a "B".

EEX passed 5 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Emerald Holding has seen its stock lose -23.13% over the past year, overperforming other advertising agency stocks by 23 percentage points.

Emerald Holding has an average 1 year price target of $7.80, an upside of 72.57% from Emerald Holding's current stock price of $4.52.

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

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:

Entravision Communications (NYSE:EVC) has an annual dividend yield of 10.99%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 4.97%. 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% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) has an annual dividend yield of 8.14%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 4.97%. 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 100% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Wpp (NYSE:WPP) has an annual dividend yield of 6.53%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 4.97%. Wpp's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% ten times in the last 10 years. Wpp's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Wpp's dividend payout ratio of 76.5% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Advertising agency stocks were down -0.23% in the last day, and down -0.61% over the last week.

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

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:

Ziff Davis (NASDAQ:ZD) 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.

Ziff Davis has a valuation score of 57, which is 30 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 27. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ziff Davis's stock has dropped -38.69% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the advertising agency industry by 8 percentage points.

Criteo Sa (NASDAQ:CRTO) 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.

Criteo Sa has a valuation score of 71, which is 44 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 27. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Criteo Sa's stock has dropped -4.91% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the advertising agency industry by 41 percentage points.

Cimpress (NASDAQ:CMPR) 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.

Cimpress has a valuation score of 57, which is 30 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 27. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cimpress's stock has dropped -53.46% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the advertising agency industry by -7 percentage points.

54.55% of advertising agency stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect advertising agency stocks to rise by 60.7% over the next year.

3.57% of advertising agency stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 39.29% of advertising agency stocks are rated B (Buy), 46.43% are rated C (Hold), 10.71% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).