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Best Broadcasting Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top broadcasting stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best broadcasting 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 broadcasting stocks to buy right now are:

Curiositystream (NASDAQ:CURI) is the #1 top broadcasting stock out of 12 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 Curiositystream (NASDAQ:CURI) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: D, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Curiositystream (NASDAQ:CURI) has a Due Diligence Score of 29, which is 6 points higher than the broadcasting industry average of 23.

CURI passed 10 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Curiositystream has seen its stock return 271.19% over the past year, overperforming other broadcasting stocks by 267 percentage points.

Curiositystream has an average 1 year price target of $5.75, an upside of 31.28% from Curiositystream's current stock price of $4.38.

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

Iheartmedia (NASDAQ:IHRT) is the #2 top broadcasting stock out of 12 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Iheartmedia (NASDAQ:IHRT) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: D, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Iheartmedia (NASDAQ:IHRT) has a Due Diligence Score of 14, which is -9 points lower than the broadcasting industry average of 23.

IHRT passed 4 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Iheartmedia has seen its stock return 58% over the past year, overperforming other broadcasting stocks by 54 percentage points.

Iheartmedia has an average 1 year price target of $2.88, an upside of 21.31% from Iheartmedia's current stock price of $2.37.

Iheartmedia stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Iheartmedia, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Fubotv (NYSE:FUBO) is the #3 top broadcasting stock out of 12 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Fubotv (NYSE:FUBO) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: D.

Fubotv (NYSE:FUBO) has a Due Diligence Score of 33, which is 10 points higher than the broadcasting industry average of 23.

FUBO passed 11 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Fubotv has seen its stock return 76.26% over the past year, overperforming other broadcasting stocks by 72 percentage points.

Fubotv has an average 1 year price target of $5.55, an upside of 59.03% from Fubotv's current stock price of $3.49.

Fubotv stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Fubotv, 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 4 broadcasting stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 broadcasting stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Saga Communications (NASDAQ:SGA) has an annual dividend yield of 7.52%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the broadcasting industry average of 5.19%. Saga Communications's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% nine times in the last 10 years. Saga Communications's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Saga Communications's dividend payout ratio of 181.8% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Curiositystream (NASDAQ:CURI) has an annual dividend yield of 5.59%, which is the same as the broadcasting industry average of 5.19%.

Curiositystream's dividend payout ratio of -272.2% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Gray Media (NYSE:GTN) has an annual dividend yield of 5.27%, which is the same as the broadcasting industry average of 5.19%. Gray Media's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Gray Media's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Gray Media's dividend payout ratio of 13.5% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Broadcasting stocks were up 2.49% in the last day, and up 5.99% over the last week.

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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 broadcasting stocks right now are:

Gray Media (NYSE:GTN) is the most undervalued broadcasting stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Gray Media has a valuation score of 43, which is 21 points higher than the broadcasting industry average of 22. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Gray Media's stock has gained 24.64% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the broadcasting industry by 21 percentage points.

Fubotv (NYSE:FUBO) is the second most undervalued broadcasting stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Fubotv has a valuation score of 14, which is -8 points higher than the broadcasting industry average of 22. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Fubotv's stock has gained 76.26% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the broadcasting industry by 72 percentage points.

Ew Scripps Co (NASDAQ:SSP) is the third most undervalued broadcasting stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Ew Scripps Co has a valuation score of 43, which is 21 points higher than the broadcasting industry average of 22. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ew Scripps Co's stock has gained 63.86% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the broadcasting industry by 60 percentage points.

85.71% of broadcasting stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect broadcasting stocks to rise by 24.33% over the next year.

0% of broadcasting stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 16.67% of broadcasting stocks are rated B (Buy), 50% are rated C (Hold), 33.33% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).