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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 250 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: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Ooma (NYSE:OOMA) has a Due Diligence Score of 20, which is -6 points lower than the communication service sector average of 26. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates OOMA as a "A".It passed 6 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Ooma has seen its stock return 41.15% over the past year, overperforming other communication service stocks by 63 percentage points.

Ooma has an average 1 year price target of $18.50, an upside of 42.31% from Ooma's current stock price of $13.00.

Ooma stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts 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.

Everquote (NASDAQ:EVER) is the #2 top communication service stock out of 250 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 Everquote (NASDAQ:EVER) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: B.

Everquote (NASDAQ:EVER) has a Due Diligence Score of 59, which is 33 points higher than the communication service sector average of 26. It passed 19 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Everquote has seen its stock return 9.45% over the past year, overperforming other communication service stocks by 32 percentage points.

Everquote has an average 1 year price target of $32.67, an upside of 31.25% from Everquote's current stock price of $24.89.

Everquote stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Everquote, 66.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 33.33% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a Hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Nerdwallet (NASDAQ:NRDS) is the #3 top communication service stock out of 250 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 Nerdwallet (NASDAQ:NRDS) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Nerdwallet (NASDAQ:NRDS) has a Due Diligence Score of 57, which is 31 points higher than the communication service sector average of 26. It passed 19 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Nerdwallet has seen its stock lose -20.03% over the past year, overperforming other communication service stocks by 2 percentage points.

Nerdwallet has an average 1 year price target of $14.25, an upside of 25.22% from Nerdwallet's current stock price of $11.38.

Nerdwallet stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Nerdwallet, 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.

Out of 55 communication service stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 communication service stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Autohome (NYSE:ATHM) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the communication service sector average of 3.19%. Autohome's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Autohome's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Chunghwa Telecom Co (NYSE:CHT) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the communication service sector average of 3.19%. Chunghwa Telecom Co's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Chunghwa Telecom Co's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Chunghwa Telecom Co's dividend payout ratio of 93.1% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Bce (NYSE:BCE) has an annual dividend yield of 11.28%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the communication service sector average of 3.19%. Bce's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Bce's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Bce's dividend payout ratio of 1,211.1% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Communication service stocks were up 0.13% in the last day, and up 0.22% over the last week. Zillow was the among the top gainers in the communication services sector, gaining 3.89% yesterday.

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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 communication service stocks right now are:

Doubledown Interactive Co (NASDAQ:DDI) 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.

Doubledown Interactive Co 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.

Doubledown Interactive Co's stock has dropped -23.46% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the communication service sector by -1 percentage points.

Criteo Sa (NASDAQ:CRTO) 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.

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 -38.03% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the communication service sector by -16 percentage points.

Hello Group (NASDAQ:MOMO) 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.

Hello Group 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.

Hello Group's stock has gained 29.14% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the communication service sector by 51 percentage points.

50.69% of communication service stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect communication service stocks to rise by 16.25% over the next year.

5.85% of communication service stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 19.15% of communication service stocks are rated B (Buy), 61.7% are rated C (Hold), 10.64% are rated D (Sell), and 2.66% are rated F (Strong Sell).