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

Criteo Sa (NASDAQ:CRTO) has a Due Diligence Score of 51, which is 23 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 28.

CRTO passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Criteo Sa has seen its stock lose -37.78% over the past year, overperforming other advertising agency stocks by 1 percentage points.

Criteo Sa has an average 1 year price target of $42.44, an upside of 71.21% from Criteo Sa's current stock price of $24.79.

Criteo Sa stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 9 analysts covering Criteo Sa, 55.56% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 11.11% have issued a Buy, 33.33% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) is the #2 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 Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) is: Value: A, Growth: B, Momentum: D, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) has a Due Diligence Score of 49, which is 21 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 28.

DLX passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Deluxe has seen its stock lose -23.54% over the past year, overperforming other advertising agency stocks by 15 percentage points.

Deluxe has an average 1 year price target of $23.00, an upside of 37.48% from Deluxe's current stock price of $16.73.

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

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

Emerald Holding (NYSE:EEX) has a Due Diligence Score of 22, which is -6 points lower than the advertising agency industry average of 28. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates EEX as a "B".

EEX passed 8 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Emerald Holding has seen its stock lose -1.14% over the past year, overperforming other advertising agency stocks by 38 percentage points.

Emerald Holding has an average 1 year price target of $7.80, an upside of 50% from Emerald Holding's current stock price of $5.20.

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 8.06%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 4.29%. 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 -12.2% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Townsquare Media (NYSE:TSQ) has an annual dividend yield of 7.25%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 4.29%. 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 -72% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) has an annual dividend yield of 7.17%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 4.29%. 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 95.2% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Advertising agency stocks were up 1.83% in the last day, and up 2.64% 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 46 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 25. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Criteo Sa's stock has dropped -37.78% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the advertising agency industry by 1 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 46 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 25. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ziff Davis's stock has dropped -37.44% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the advertising agency industry by 2 percentage points.

Wimi Hologram Cloud (NASDAQ:WIMI) 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.

Wimi Hologram Cloud has a valuation score of 29, which is 4 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 25. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Wimi Hologram Cloud's stock has dropped -82.39% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the advertising agency industry by -43 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 39.17% over the next year.

6.67% of advertising agency stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 23.33% of advertising agency stocks are rated B (Buy), 53.33% are rated C (Hold), 13.33% are rated D (Sell), and 3.33% are rated F (Strong Sell).