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Best Advertising Agency Stocks to Buy Now (2023)

Top advertising agency stocks in 2023 ranked by overall Zen Score. See the best advertising agency stocks to buy now, according to analyst forecasts for the advertising agencies industry.

According to Zen Score, the 3 best advertising agency stocks to buy right now are:

Adtheorent Holding Company (NASDAQ:ADTH) is the top advertising agency stock with a Zen Score of 59, which is 28 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 31. It passed 18 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Adtheorent Holding Company has seen its stock lose -20.25% over the past year, underperforming other advertising agency stocks by -20 percentage points.

Adtheorent Holding Company has an average 1 year price target of $3.00, an upside of 130.77% from Adtheorent Holding Company's current stock price of $1.30.

Adtheorent Holding Company stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Adtheorent Holding Company, 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.

Lendway (NASDAQ:LDWY) is the second best advertising agency stock with a Zen Score of 52, which is 21 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 31. It passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Lendway has seen its stock lose -51.35% over the past year, underperforming other advertising agency stocks by -51 percentage points.

Cheer Holding (NASDAQ:CHR) is the third best advertising agency stock with a Zen Score of 52, which is 21 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 31. It passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Cheer Holding has seen its stock lose -75.84% over the past year, underperforming other advertising agency stocks by -76 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:

Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) has an annual dividend yield of 6.48%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 4.81%. Deluxe's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Deluxe's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Deluxe's dividend payout ratio of 171.4% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Townsquare Media (NYSE:TSQ) has an annual dividend yield of 5.48%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 4.81%. 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 -23.5% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Wpp (NYSE:WPP) has an annual dividend yield of 5.33%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 4.81%. 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 73.6% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Advertising agency stocks were down -0.45% in the last day, and up 1.18% over the last week. Troika Media Group was the among the top losers in the advertising agencies industry, dropping -71.83% yesterday.

Troika Media Group shares are trading lower after the company announced it filed for Chapter 11.

Based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score, the 3 most undervalued advertising agency stocks right now are:

Adtheorent Holding Company (NASDAQ:ADTH) is the most undervalued advertising agency stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Adtheorent Holding Company has a valuation score of 100, which is 65 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 35. It passed 7 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Adtheorent Holding Company's stock has dropped -20.25% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the advertising agency industry by -20 percentage points.

Lendway (NASDAQ:LDWY) is the second most undervalued advertising agency stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Lendway has a valuation score of 71, which is 36 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 35. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Lendway's stock has dropped -51.35% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the advertising agency industry by -51 percentage points.

Xunlei (NASDAQ:XNET) is the third most undervalued advertising agency stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Xunlei has a valuation score of 71, which is 36 points higher than the advertising agency industry average of 35. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Xunlei's stock has dropped -20.73% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the advertising agency industry by -21 percentage points.