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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.

Sector: Communication Services
Ticker
Company
Exchange
Industry
Zen Rating
Market Cap
Price
1d %
EBITDA
P/E
D/E
Country
DD Score
LILA
LIBERTY LATIN AMERICA LTD
NASDAQ
Telecom Services
$1.55B$7.771.83%$276.00M-1.31x17.80
United States
HAO
HAOXI HEALTH TECHNOLOGY LTD
NASDAQ
Advertising Agencies
$3.62M$1.25-2.34%N/A10.42x0.18
China
GITS
GLOBAL INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGIES INC
NASDAQ
Internet Content & Information
$8.91M$2.517.26%-$5.25M-1.29x0.09
Republic Of Korea
GIGM
GIGAMEDIA LTD
NASDAQ
Electronic Gaming & Multimedia
$20.12M$1.82-2.15%N/A-36.40x0.06
Taiwan
MSGM
MOTORSPORT GAMES INC
NASDAQ
Electronic Gaming & Multimedia
$16.27M$2.820.68%$3.60M-15.64x0.54
United States
GIFT
GIFTIFY INC
NASDAQ
Internet Content & Information
$32.68M$1.07-2.73%-$10.40M-2.14x0.46
United States
GDEV
GDEV INC
NASDAQ
Electronic Gaming & Multimedia
$285.73M$15.760.83%$59.08M6.65x-2.62
British Virgin Islands
KORE
KORE GROUP HOLDINGS INC
NYSE
Telecom Services
$37.10M$2.12-0.42%$32.36M-0.54x-4.24
United States
GDC
GD CULTURE GROUP LTD
NASDAQ
Electronic Gaming & Multimedia
$117.40M$6.99-28.16%-$7.81M-9.45x0.24
China
FWONA
LIBERTY MEDIA CORP
NASDAQ
Entertainment
$22.80B$91.181.49%-$2.27BN/A0.88
United States
TDIC
DREAMLAND LTD
NASDAQ
Advertising Agencies
$121.30M$3.91-1.44%$1.43M139.75x5.58
Hong Kong
FLNT
FLUENT INC
NASDAQ
Advertising Agencies
$51.21M$2.112.93%-$15.06M-1.73x2.89
United States
PODC
PODCASTONE INC
NASDAQ
Internet Content & Information
$48.07M$1.82-4.21%-$4.99M-7.58x0.52
United States
GMHS
GAMEHAUS HOLDINGS INC
NASDAQ
Electronic Gaming & Multimedia
$78.21M$1.464.29%N/A18.25x0.42
China
ZG
ZILLOW GROUP INC
NASDAQ
Internet Content & Information
$20.62B$85.101.67%$231.00M-327.31x0.14
United States
ROLR
HIGH ROLLER TECHNOLOGIES INC
NYSEMKT
Entertainment
$26.63M$3.141.29%-$5.66M-3.93x3.68
United States
RMSG
REAL MESSENGER CORP
NASDAQ
Internet Content & Information
$25.46M$2.876.30%-$3.26M-5.31x0.09
United States
ABTS
ABITS GROUP INC
NASDAQ
Advertising Agencies
$17.97M$5.3923.34%$1.95M-10.27x0.35
United States
SGA
SAGA COMMUNICATIONS INC
NASDAQ
Broadcasting
$80.27M$12.463.57%$10.39M22.65x0.34
United States
TBH
BRAG HOUSE HOLDINGS INC
NASDAQ
Electronic Gaming & Multimedia
$18.07M$1.67-2.91%-$2.73M-3.15x1.50
United States
DLPN
DOLPHIN ENTERTAINMENT INC
NASDAQ
Advertising Agencies
$16.20M$1.382.99%-$9.68M-1.07x6.42
United States
ONFO
ONFOLIO HOLDINGS INC
NASDAQ
Internet Content & Information
$6.15M$1.20-13.04%-$548.70k-2.93x1.42
United States
CTW
CTW CAYMAN
NASDAQ
Electronic Gaming & Multimedia
N/A$1.921.05%N/AN/A0.81
Japan
TGNA
TEGNA INC
NYSE
Broadcasting
$3.38B$21.03-0.10%$856.02M7.56x1.36
United States
PSKY
PARAMOUNT SKYDANCE CORP
NASDAQ
Entertainment
$11.82B$17.53-5.65%$1.44B-1,753.00x1.67
United States
TOON
KARTOON STUDIOS INC
NYSEMKT
Entertainment
$39.06M$0.814.36%-$16.15M-1.77x1.42
United States
CNET
ZW DATA ACTION TECHNOLOGIES INC
NASDAQ
Advertising Agencies
$5.24M$1.974.23%-$2.88M-1.11x1.62
China
SWAG
STRAN & COMPANY INC
NASDAQ
Advertising Agencies
$35.26M$1.90-1.04%-$761.00k-14.62x0.92
United States
STFS
STAR FASHION CULTURE HOLDINGS LTD
NASDAQ
Advertising Agencies
$1.91M$0.163.29%N/A14.27x0.69
China
VSME
VS MEDIA HOLDINGS LTD
NASDAQ
Advertising Agencies
$22.46M$2.812.93%-$6.79M-1.22x4.61
Hong Kong
BODI
BEACHBODY COMPANY INC
NASDAQ
Internet Content & Information
$51.07M$7.298.16%-$13.58M-0.79x5.35
United States
UONE
URBAN ONE INC
NASDAQ
Broadcasting
$65.61M$1.45-0.96%-$46.24M-0.42x7.84
United States
CCG
CHECHE GROUP INC
NASDAQ
Internet Content & Information
$125.46M$1.5027.12%N/A-28.85x2.76
China
SCOR
COMSCORE INC
NASDAQ
Internet Content & Information
$31.09M$6.20-7.05%-$33.38M-0.36x-10.62
United States
RDI
READING INTERNATIONAL INC
NASDAQ
Entertainment
$34.76M$1.531.32%$39.03M-2.07x-58.12
United States
TC
TOKEN CAT LTD
NASDAQ
Internet Content & Information
$0.00$14.805.69%N/A-0.08x5.18
China
MCHX
MARCHEX INC
NASDAQ
Advertising Agencies
$84.82M$1.92-1.54%-$1.53M-17.45x0.31
United States
SJ
SCIENJOY HOLDING CORP
NASDAQ
Broadcasting
$30.91M$0.73-2.67%$4.77M20.28x0.19
China
SNAL
SNAIL INC
NASDAQ
Electronic Gaming & Multimedia
$35.35M$0.945.50%-$2.79M-2.09x-8.95
United States
LDWY
LENDWAY INC
NASDAQ
Advertising Agencies
$8.76M$4.95-3.88%$3.02M-3.41x6.70
United States
FENG
PHOENIX NEW MEDIA LTD
NYSE
Internet Content & Information
$31.36M$2.59-0.38%N/A-3.54x0.46
China
ANGH
ANGHAMI INC
NASDAQ
Entertainment
$21.46M$3.21-0.93%-$55.31M-0.29x1.09
United Arab Emirates
LBTYA
LIBERTY GLOBAL LTD
NASDAQ
Telecom Services
$4.01B$11.78-0.93%-$2.71B-1.20x1.08
United Kingdom
LBRDA
LIBERTY BROADBAND CORP
NASDAQ
Telecom Services
$8.57B$59.760.15%$1.43B9.55x0.69
United States
WOW
WIDEOPENWEST INC
NYSE
Telecom Services
$444.28M$5.180.39%$215.80M-6.56x7.30
United States
BHAT
BLUE HAT INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY
NASDAQ
Electronic Gaming & Multimedia
$8.74M$1.771.14%-$9.13M-0.11x1.34
China
TNMG
TNL MEDIAGENE
NASDAQ
Advertising Agencies
$8.57M$0.33-2.96%-$73.90M-0.09x1.55
Taiwan
DRCT
DIRECT DIGITAL HOLDINGS INC
NASDAQ
Advertising Agencies
$9.32M$0.41-0.96%$5.93M-0.23x-4.53
United States
KYIV
KYIVSTAR GROUP LTD
NASDAQ
Telecom Services
$329.80M$10.43-2.34%$815.27MN/A0.59
United States
CHR
CHEER HOLDING INC
NASDAQ
Advertising Agencies
$7.43M$0.69-2.96%N/A0.35x0.13
China
DGLY
DIGITAL ALLY INC
NASDAQ
Internet Content & Information
$3.54M$2.058.75%-$6.34M-0.00x1.92
United States
BREA
BRERA HOLDINGS PLC
NASDAQ
Entertainment
$12.19M$7.5810.66%-$4.32M-1.87x1.65
Ireland
BATRA
ATLANTA BRAVES HOLDINGS INC
NASDAQ
Entertainment
$2.83B$45.25-0.02%$66.48M-137.12x2.43
United States
BLMZ
BLOOMZ INC
NASDAQ
Entertainment
$2.19M$0.16-1.81%-$1.34M-1.31x0.51
Japan
BAOS
BAOSHENG MEDIA GROUP HOLDINGS LTD
NASDAQ
Advertising Agencies
$4.66M$3.042.70%-$26.39M-0.17x0.43
China
MDIA
MEDIACO HOLDING INC
NASDAQ
Broadcasting
$72.46M$1.35-4.93%$55.23M3.29x2.24
United States
AGAE
ALLIED GAMING & ENTERTAINMENT INC
NASDAQ
Entertainment
$42.20M$1.11-14.62%-$18.57M-2.13x0.81
United States

Communication Service Industries

IndustryStocks1d %1w %1m %1y %DD ScoreP/E ratioP/B RatioROEROAROCEUpside/DownsideConsensus
46+4.44%-18.08%+20.25%-20.74%24.44x2.60x+5.88%+0.16%+0.76%+33.19%Buy
12+0.41%+2.12%+1.39%+10.75%4.72x1.35x+11.51%+3.47%+8.63%+20.62%Buy
27-0.13%+3.55%+8.63%+25.62%-3.91x8.40x-116.94%-2.95%-5.64%+2.33%Strong Buy
47-0.34%-1.03%+1.21%-47.34%14.53x4.09x+35.04%+11.29%+16.82%+12.14%Buy
70+0.83%+1.63%+5.24%-23.86%30.14x8.14x+31.45%+23.20%+30.50%+16.17%Buy
55-0.32%+0.52%+0.41%-0.31%10.79x1.89x+10.53%+4.42%+8.78%+23.15%Buy

Communication Service Stocks FAQ

What are the best communication service stocks to buy right now in Sep 2025?

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:

1. Ooma (NYSE:OOMA)


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.

2. Arena Group Holdings (NYSEMKT:AREN)


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.

3. Ihs Holding (NYSE:IHS)


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.

What are the communication service stocks with highest dividends?

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:

1. Cogent Communications Holdings (NASDAQ:CCOI)


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.

2. Saga Communications (NASDAQ:SGA)


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.

3. Townsquare Media (NYSE:TSQ)


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.

Why are communication service stocks up?

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 Arete Research upgraded the stock from Sell to Buy and announced a $143 price target.

What are the most undervalued communication service stocks?

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:

1. Criteo Sa (NASDAQ:CRTO)


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.

2. Doubledown Interactive Co (NASDAQ:DDI)


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.

3. Yelp (NYSE:YELP)


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.

Are communication service stocks a good buy now?

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).

What is the average p/e ratio of the communication services sector?

The average P/E ratio of the communication services sector is 24.05x.
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