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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:

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: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Criteo Sa (NASDAQ:CRTO) has a Due Diligence Score of 47, which is 16 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 31.

CRTO passed 15 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Criteo Sa has seen its stock lose -35.33% over the past year, underperforming other advertising agency stocks by -23 percentage points.

Criteo Sa has an average 1 year price target of $41.60, an upside of 84.89% from Criteo Sa's current stock price of $22.50.

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.

Xunlei (NASDAQ:XNET) 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 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 22 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 31.

XNET passed 17 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Xunlei has seen its stock return 291.5% over the past year, overperforming other advertising agency stocks by 304 percentage points.

Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) 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 Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) has a Due Diligence Score of 46, which is 15 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 31.

DLX passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Deluxe has seen its stock return 0.24% over the past year, overperforming other advertising agency stocks by 13 percentage points.

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:

Townsquare Media (NYSE:TSQ) has an annual dividend yield of 9.65%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 4.44%. 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.

Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) has an annual dividend yield of 5.78%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 4.44%. 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.

Interpublic Group Of Companies (NYSE:IPG) has an annual dividend yield of 3.96%, which is the same as the advertising agency industry average of 4.44%. Interpublic Group Of Companies's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Interpublic Group Of Companies's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Interpublic Group Of Companies's dividend payout ratio of 111.9% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Advertising agency stocks were down -1.5% in the last day, and down -4.09% over the last week. Cardlytics was the among the top losers in the advertising agencies industry, dropping -28.41% yesterday.

Cardlytics shares are trading lower after the company reported worse-than-expected Q3 sales results.

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:

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 57, which is 31 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 26. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Criteo Sa's stock has dropped -35.33% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the advertising agency industry by -23 percentage points.

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 31 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 26. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ziff Davis's stock has dropped -34.66% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the advertising agency industry by -22 percentage points.

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 43, which is 17 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 26. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Travelzoo's stock has dropped -56.85% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the advertising agency industry by -45 percentage points.

50% of advertising agency stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect advertising agency stocks to rise by 46.09% over the next year.

4% of advertising agency stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 20% of advertising agency stocks are rated B (Buy), 56% are rated C (Hold), 20% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).