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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:

Millicom International Cellular Sa (NASDAQ:TIGO) is the #1 top communication service stock out of 259 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 Millicom International Cellular Sa (NASDAQ:TIGO) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Millicom International Cellular Sa (NASDAQ:TIGO) has a Due Diligence Score of 44, which is 16 points higher than the communication service sector average of 28. It passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Millicom International Cellular Sa has seen its stock return 114.12% over the past year, overperforming other communication service stocks by 144 percentage points.

Millicom International Cellular Sa has an average 1 year price target of $52.93, a downside of -5.65% from Millicom International Cellular Sa's current stock price of $56.10.

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

Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) is the #2 top communication service stock out of 259 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 Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) is: Value: B, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) has a Due Diligence Score of 57, which is 29 points higher than the communication service sector average of 28. It passed 21 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Deluxe has seen its stock lose -19.35% over the past year, overperforming other communication service stocks by 11 percentage points.

Ooma (NYSE:OOMA) is the #3 top communication service stock out of 259 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: A, and AI: C.

Ooma (NYSE:OOMA) has a Due Diligence Score of 26, which is -2 points lower than the communication service sector average of 28. 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 lose -21.13% over the past year, overperforming other communication service stocks by 9 percentage points.

Ooma has an average 1 year price target of $19.00, an upside of 72.57% from Ooma's current stock price of $11.01.

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.

Out of 50 communication service stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 communication service stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

America Movil Sab De CV (NYSE:AMX) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the communication service sector average of 3.89%. America Movil Sab De CV's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. America Movil Sab De CV's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Cogent Communications Holdings (NASDAQ:CCOI) has an annual dividend yield of 20.32%, which is 16 percentage points higher than the communication service sector average of 3.89%. 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 -99.1% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Townsquare Media (NYSE:TSQ) has an annual dividend yield of 12.15%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the communication service sector average of 3.89%. 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 67% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Communication service stocks were up 0.14% in the last day, and down -3.49% over the last week. Onfolio Holdings was the among the top gainers in the communication services sector, gaining 11.53% yesterday.

Onfolio Holdings shares are trading higher after the company announced it secured up to $300 million in funding through a convertible note facility.

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 47 points higher than the communication service sector average of 24. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Criteo Sa's stock has dropped -45.79% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the communication service sector by -16 percentage points.

Ziff Davis (NASDAQ:ZD) 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.

Ziff Davis has a valuation score of 71, which is 47 points higher than the communication service sector average of 24. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ziff Davis's stock has dropped -47.02% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the communication service sector by -17 percentage points.

Doubledown Interactive Co (NASDAQ:DDI) 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.

Doubledown Interactive Co has a valuation score of 43, which is 19 points higher than the communication service sector average of 24. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Doubledown Interactive Co's stock has dropped -37.01% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the communication service sector by -7 percentage points.

46.62% of communication service stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect communication service stocks to rise by 34.41% over the next year.

6.99% of communication service stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 12.9% of communication service stocks are rated B (Buy), 56.45% are rated C (Hold), 16.13% are rated D (Sell), and 7.53% are rated F (Strong Sell).