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Best Communication Service Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top communication service stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Due Diligence Score. See the best communication service stocks to buy now, according to analyst forecasts for the communication services sector.

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 communication stocks to buy right now are:

Ooma (NYSE:OOMA) is the #1 top communication service stock out of 257 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 Ooma (NYSE:OOMA) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: B.

Ooma (NYSE:OOMA) has a Due Diligence Score of 26, which is -1 points lower than the communication service sector average of 27. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates OOMA as a "A".It passed 8 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Ooma has seen its stock return 12.28% over the past year, overperforming other communication service stocks by 39 percentage points.

Ooma has an average 1 year price target of $20.00, an upside of 57.36% from Ooma's current stock price of $12.71.

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

Arena Group Holdings (NYSEMKT:AREN) is the #2 top communication service stock out of 257 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 Arena Group Holdings (NYSEMKT:AREN) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: A, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Arena Group Holdings (NYSEMKT:AREN) has a Due Diligence Score of 26, which is -1 points lower than the communication service sector average of 27. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates AREN as a "A".It passed 8 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Arena Group Holdings has seen its stock return 541.72% over the past year, overperforming other communication service stocks by 568 percentage points.

Arena Group Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $12.00, an upside of 112.01% from Arena Group Holdings's current stock price of $5.66.

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

Ihs Holding (NYSE:IHS) is the #3 top communication service stock out of 257 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 Ihs Holding (NYSE:IHS) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: A, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: A.

Ihs Holding (NYSE:IHS) has a Due Diligence Score of 25, which is -2 points lower than the communication service sector average of 27. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates IHS as a "A".It passed 8 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Ihs Holding has seen its stock return 125.48% over the past year, overperforming other communication service stocks by 152 percentage points.

Ihs Holding has an average 1 year price target of $9.38, an upside of 34.12% from Ihs Holding's current stock price of $6.99.

Ihs Holding stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering Ihs Holding, 66.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 16.67% have issued a Buy, 16.67% have issued a Hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 52 communication service stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 communication service stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Cogent Communications Holdings (NASDAQ:CCOI) has an annual dividend yield of 10.68%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the communication service sector average of 3.16%. Cogent Communications Holdings's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Cogent Communications Holdings's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Cogent Communications Holdings's dividend payout ratio of -99.2% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Saga Communications (NASDAQ:SGA) has an annual dividend yield of 10.03%, which is 7 percentage points higher than the communication service sector average of 3.16%. 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.

Townsquare Media (NYSE:TSQ) has an annual dividend yield of 8.61%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the communication service sector average of 3.16%. 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 35.2% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Communication service stocks were up 0.35% in the last day, and down -0.51% over the last week. Baidu was the among the top gainers in the communication services sector, gaining 7.81% yesterday.

Baidu shares are trading higher after Jefferies maintained a Buy rating and raised its price target from $108 to $157.

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 communication service stocks right now are:

Criteo Sa (NASDAQ:CRTO) is the most undervalued communication service 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 communication service sector average of 21. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Criteo Sa's stock has dropped -46.44% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the communication service sector by -20 percentage points.

Doubledown Interactive Co (NASDAQ:DDI) is the second most undervalued communication service stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Doubledown Interactive Co has a valuation score of 57, which is 36 points higher than the communication service sector average of 21. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Doubledown Interactive Co's stock has dropped -29.54% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the communication service sector by -3 percentage points.

Yelp (NYSE:YELP) is the third most undervalued communication service stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Yelp has a valuation score of 43, which is 22 points higher than the communication service sector average of 21. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Yelp's stock has dropped -5.81% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the communication service sector by 21 percentage points.

47.95% of communication service stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect communication service stocks to rise by 15.74% over the next year.

7.22% of communication service stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 17.53% of communication service stocks are rated B (Buy), 57.73% are rated C (Hold), 10.82% are rated D (Sell), and 6.7% are rated F (Strong Sell).