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Best Advertising Agency Stocks to Buy Now (2026)

Top advertising agency stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +28.50% 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 42 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) is: Value: A, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) has a Due Diligence Score of 51, which is 24 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 27.

DLX passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Deluxe has seen its stock return 63.92% over the past year, overperforming other advertising agency stocks by 132 percentage points.

Stagwell (NASDAQ:STGW) is the #2 top advertising agency stock out of 42 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Stagwell (NASDAQ:STGW) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: A, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Stagwell (NASDAQ:STGW) has a Due Diligence Score of 38, which is 11 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 27.

STGW passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Stagwell has seen its stock return 56.64% over the past year, overperforming other advertising agency stocks by 124 percentage points.

Stagwell has an average 1 year price target of $10.00, an upside of 12.99% from Stagwell's current stock price of $8.85.

Stagwell stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Stagwell, 75% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 25% 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 #3 top advertising agency stock out of 42 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Townsquare Media (NYSE:TSQ) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Townsquare Media (NYSE:TSQ) has a Due Diligence Score of 23, which is -4 points lower than the advertising agency industry average of 27. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates TSQ as a "B".

TSQ passed 7 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Townsquare Media has seen its stock lose -8.09% over the past year, overperforming other advertising agency stocks by 60 percentage points.

Townsquare Media has an average 1 year price target of $10.00, an upside of 57.23% from Townsquare Media's current stock price of $6.36.

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.

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 12.58%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 4.6%. 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 -195.1% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) has an annual dividend yield of 4.51%, which is the same as the advertising agency industry average of 4.6%. 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 52.2% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Omnicom Group (NYSE:OMC) has an annual dividend yield of 3.79%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the advertising agency industry average of 4.6%. 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 775% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Advertising agency stocks were down -3.32% in the last day, and down -1.85% over the last week. Criteo Sa was the among the top losers in the advertising agencies industry, dropping -23.88% yesterday.

Criteo shares are trading lower after the company reported Q2 financial results and Q3 Contribution ex-TAC guidance below estimates. Also, the company cut its FY26 Contribution ex-TAC guidance below estimates.

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 50 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 21. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Criteo Sa's stock has dropped -27.94% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the advertising agency industry by 40 percentage points.

Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) 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.

Deluxe has a valuation score of 71, which is 50 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 21. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Deluxe's stock has gained 63.92% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the advertising agency industry by 132 percentage points.

Ziff Davis (NASDAQ:ZD) is the third most undervalued advertising agency stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Ziff Davis has a valuation score of 43, which is 22 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 21. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ziff Davis's stock has gained 76.85% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the advertising agency industry by 144 percentage points.

47.06% of advertising agency stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect advertising agency stocks to rise by 29.3% over the next year.

8.33% of advertising agency stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 20.83% of advertising agency stocks are rated B (Buy), 45.83% are rated C (Hold), 20.83% are rated D (Sell), and 4.17% are rated F (Strong Sell).