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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:

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: A, 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 -6.49% over the past year, overperforming other advertising agency stocks by 8 percentage points.

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

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 -50.69% over the past year, underperforming other advertising agency stocks by -36 percentage points.

Criteo Sa has an average 1 year price target of $41.60, an upside of 100.19% from Criteo Sa's current stock price of $20.78.

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.

Advantage Solutions (NASDAQ:ADV) 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 Advantage Solutions (NASDAQ:ADV) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: D, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Advantage Solutions (NASDAQ:ADV) has a Due Diligence Score of 14, which is -18 points lower than the advertising agency industry average of 32. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates ADV as a "B".

ADV passed 4 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Advantage Solutions has seen its stock lose -72.03% over the past year, underperforming other advertising agency stocks by -57 percentage points.

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:

Townsquare Media (NYSE:TSQ) has an annual dividend yield of 11.21%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 4.73%. 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.

Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) has an annual dividend yield of 5.38%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 4.73%. 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.

National Cinemedia (NASDAQ:NCMI) has an annual dividend yield of 2.89%, which is -2 percentage points lower than the advertising agency industry average of 4.73%. National Cinemedia's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% five times in the last 10 years. National Cinemedia's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

National Cinemedia's dividend payout ratio of -60% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Advertising agency stocks were up 1.13% in the last day, and up 4.14% over the last week.

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

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 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 -50.69% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the advertising agency industry by -36 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 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 -38.93% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the advertising agency industry by -24 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 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 -63.46% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the advertising agency industry by -49 percentage points.

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 34.97% over the next year.

8% of advertising agency stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 16% of advertising agency stocks are rated B (Buy), 56% are rated C (Hold), 8% are rated D (Sell), and 12% are rated F (Strong Sell).