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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

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Ticker	Company	Price	1d %	1w %	1m %	3m %	6m %	1y %	3y %	5y %	10y %	52-week High	52-week Low	% off 52-week High	% off 52-week Low	Beta	Volume	Vol 1d %
UPXI	UPEXI INC	$12.00	9.69%	-11.24%	440.54%	220.86%	49.25%	29.00%	-85.71%	N/A	N/A	$22.57	$1.90	46.83%	531.25%	0.14	521,954	38.07%
GDC	GD CULTURE GROUP LTD	$2.68	4.69%	34.67%	9.39%	98.52%	79.87%	277.46%	-88.40%	-95.37%	N/A	$12.18	$0.68	78.00%	296.45%	0.78	33,540	-12.03%
TOON	KARTOON STUDIOS INC	$0.61	5.21%	13.06%	-4.42%	18.59%	-15.36%	-44.40%	-91.41%	-80.59%	-99.34%	$1.13	$0.46	46.13%	31.74%	1.05	179,579	64.99%
PARA	PARAMOUNT GLOBAL	$11.65	-0.77%	1.92%	-0.68%	8.57%	6.10%	-4.98%	-61.51%	-29.22%	-81.40%	$14.54	$9.54	19.88%	22.12%	0.96	6,184,980	-35.30%
NIPG	NIP GROUP INC	$1.66	0.61%	-13.09%	-13.09%	-53.11%	-76.55%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$17.76	$0.99	90.65%	67.68%	1.64	74,124	-30.43%
FENG	PHOENIX NEW MEDIA LTD	$2.19	1.86%	35.19%	1.86%	-0.90%	-25.00%	2.82%	-32.53%	-73.74%	-94.90%	$4.15	$1.28	47.23%	71.09%	0.54	24,136	-71.47%
ANGH	ANGHAMI INC	$0.65	3.50%	1.56%	-1.52%	-8.45%	-14.02%	-40.91%	-92.19%	N/A	N/A	$1.15	$0.55	43.48%	18.18%	0.12	2,767	10.33%
FLNT	FLUENT INC	$2.44	-1.25%	-8.27%	9.91%	-14.98%	-17.85%	-26.51%	-70.10%	-78.48%	-93.72%	$4.30	$2.01	43.24%	21.39%	1.17	8,718	215.87%
IOTR	IOTHREE LTD	$0.41	5.66%	-58.48%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$5.98	$0.31	93.13%	34.31%	8.96	916,000	-44.46%
RMSG	REAL MESSENGER CORP	$2.31	3.36%	9.61%	3.27%	16.41%	-93.77%	-80.55%	-77.02%	N/A	N/A	$55.28	$1.38	95.83%	67.64%	0.18	24,596	-17.72%
SOGP	SOUND GROUP INC	$1.40	-8.50%	-36.36%	-33.33%	-30.35%	-23.50%	-50.00%	-89.47%	-97.21%	N/A	$2.81	$1.38	50.18%	1.45%	1.49	211,936	-49.10%
LGF.B	LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP	$7.82	-2.01%	4.83%	1.30%	13.83%	11.87%	-19.96%	-39.14%	17.24%	-75.04%	$10.55	$6.44	25.88%	21.43%	1.04	1,764,652	40.40%
KORE	KORE GROUP HOLDINGS INC	$2.53	2.85%	-1.90%	-0.78%	6.75%	27.78%	-35.95%	-90.54%	N/A	N/A	$4.88	$1.10	48.16%	130.00%	0.76	20,037	439.06%
DLPN	DOLPHIN ENTERTAINMENT INC	$1.12	4.67%	5.16%	10.89%	5.66%	-5.08%	-55.20%	-86.03%	-76.67%	N/A	$2.78	$0.75	59.71%	49.93%	0.78	8,928	-11.13%
UCL	UCLOUDLINK GROUP INC	$1.15	3.88%	12.20%	-8.00%	-12.88%	0.70%	-24.34%	10.58%	N/A	N/A	$3.30	$0.80	65.15%	43.75%	0.42	2,269	67.45%
ZDGE	ZEDGE INC	$2.45	1.24%	6.52%	7.46%	-5.77%	-15.22%	2.08%	-54.55%	113.04%	N/A	$4.38	$1.73	44.00%	41.78%	1.06	127,989	45.33%
TNMG	TNL MEDIAGENE	$0.38	36.20%	25.83%	-47.22%	-86.52%	-96.69%	-96.58%	-96.19%	N/A	N/A	$34.08	$0.26	98.88%	48.44%	0.45	10,014,869	6,339.68%
ZG	ZILLOW GROUP INC	$66.14	0.24%	2.04%	-2.84%	-16.67%	14.69%	59.60%	66.18%	58.50%	117.04%	$86.58	$38.40	23.61%	72.24%	1.56	255,429	-48.68%
ONFO	ONFOLIO HOLDINGS INC	$1.08	0.93%	-0.92%	58.82%	-12.20%	-13.60%	97.80%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.88	$0.49	42.55%	120.41%	0.98	9,926	395.31%
CHR	CHEER HOLDING INC	$1.21	3.86%	12.04%	-11.68%	-51.41%	-56.32%	-53.99%	-84.91%	-96.43%	N/A	$3.45	$1.00	64.93%	21.00%	0.44	29,582	-78.47%
DGLY	DIGITAL ALLY INC	$0.03	-2.86%	17.24%	30.77%	-81.91%	-96.49%	-98.52%	-99.85%	-99.80%	-99.99%	$3.29	$0.02	98.97%	70.00%	0.79	31,033,011	-34.71%
BLMZ	BLOOMZ INC	$0.21	38.26%	40.14%	-6.36%	-44.17%	-76.05%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$4.30	$0.11	95.21%	87.27%	1.06	14,005,756	1,805.91%
BREA	BRERA HOLDINGS PLC	$0.71	1.28%	3.95%	4.41%	10.42%	-13.63%	-43.20%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.95	$0.50	63.59%	42.00%	0.81	61,241	211.96%
BAOS	BAOSHENG MEDIA GROUP HOLDINGS LTD	$1.86	3.91%	-1.06%	-9.71%	-45.93%	-0.05%	-39.41%	-79.91%	N/A	N/A	$13.66	$1.44	86.38%	29.17%	1.42	8,184	-63.18%
HOFV	HALL OF FAME RESORT & ENTERTAINMENT CO	$0.75	7.29%	3.73%	-11.65%	-40.16%	-37.42%	-75.05%	-95.93%	-99.68%	N/A	$3.54	$0.62	78.79%	20.93%	1.17	25,542	44.16%
CPOP	POP CULTURE GROUP CO LTD	$0.56	-6.51%	-15.66%	3.70%	-18.84%	-54.47%	-65.85%	-94.51%	N/A	N/A	$4.30	$0.46	86.98%	21.48%	0.64	31,719	162.51%
BATRA	ATLANTA BRAVES HOLDINGS INC	$43.30	-0.35%	0.00%	-0.89%	-1.39%	1.48%	5.84%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$46.65	$38.67	7.18%	11.97%	0.62	37,104	6.48%
CNET	ZW DATA ACTION TECHNOLOGIES INC	$1.61	-0.93%	2.23%	8.45%	-4.46%	-10.83%	-56.87%	-83.28%	-88.39%	-97.96%	$4.53	$1.35	64.57%	18.89%	0.79	1,432	-46.79%
CMLS	CUMULUS MEDIA INC	$0.19	-18.88%	-6.90%	-60.29%	-77.53%	-79.89%	-92.76%	-98.62%	-95.39%	N/A	$3.34	$0.16	94.34%	18.13%	1.19	2,472,104	280.45%
ABTS	ABITS GROUP INC	$2.86	10.85%	15.70%	6.32%	-57.18%	-65.33%	-74.41%	-86.08%	-72.62%	N/A	$14.10	$1.35	79.71%	111.85%	1.25	125,456	175.30%
TRUG	TRUGOLF HOLDINGS INC	$0.29	5.07%	2.47%	-16.18%	-30.29%	-50.85%	-82.74%	-97.09%	N/A	N/A	$1.70	$0.22	82.89%	32.42%	0.51	181,444	-57.06%
ANTE	AIRNET TECHNOLOGY INC	$0.84	9.08%	8.80%	95.58%	85.24%	54.88%	-31.07%	-82.03%	-71.41%	-99.11%	$2.90	$0.26	71.00%	223.46%	0.65	118,000	8.30%
FYBR	FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS PARENT INC	$36.41	0.44%	0.55%	1.48%	1.82%	0.75%	56.00%	42.56%	N/A	N/A	$39.21	$24.43	7.14%	49.04%	0.88	2,183,544	25.13%
INUV	INUVO INC	$0.40	2.60%	1.02%	8.22%	-13.76%	67.37%	20.06%	-1.25%	62.55%	-82.97%	$0.79	$0.19	50.00%	107.89%	1.39	142,324	-26.58%
AREN	ARENA GROUP HOLDINGS INC	$5.23	4.60%	14.19%	192.18%	260.69%	645.01%	606.76%	-47.96%	-43.41%	48.12%	$5.29	$0.56	1.13%	828.95%	0.47	201,928	-28.10%
SLE	SUPER LEAGUE ENTERPRISE INC	$0.37	6.34%	6.65%	50.61%	-38.50%	-64.45%	-74.01%	-98.63%	-99.23%	N/A	$1.74	$0.17	78.79%	117.06%	1.23	165,010	165.21%
MDIA	MEDIACO HOLDING INC	$1.03	-1.90%	-7.21%	-15.57%	-9.09%	-14.88%	-55.22%	-58.47%	-72.53%	N/A	$5.73	$0.92	82.02%	11.96%	1.06	34,151	26.18%
MNY	MONEYHERO LTD	$0.78	-1.76%	-1.89%	4.28%	-29.09%	-32.17%	-61.00%	-92.11%	N/A	N/A	$2.75	$0.55	71.64%	41.56%	0.39	8,372	-20.40%
SGA	SAGA COMMUNICATIONS INC	$11.35	0.00%	-2.83%	-8.47%	-9.42%	-18.35%	-51.22%	-50.00%	-59.85%	-72.12%	$23.56	$10.75	51.83%	5.58%	0.32	1,739	-41.76%
AGAE	ALLIED GAMING & ENTERTAINMENT INC	$1.20	-3.23%	14.29%	17.65%	9.09%	0.00%	42.01%	-23.08%	-22.58%	N/A	$1.57	$0.61	23.57%	96.72%	0.60	100,089	-63.81%
VSME	VS MEDIA HOLDINGS LTD	$0.88	-2.22%	-14.56%	-13.73%	-15.38%	-26.67%	-69.53%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$3.69	$0.65	76.15%	35.38%	0.83	8,116	73.27%
SWAG	STRAN & COMPANY INC	$1.14	5.56%	3.64%	16.92%	20.13%	2.70%	-5.00%	-35.23%	N/A	N/A	$1.44	$0.73	20.83%	55.74%	0.50	1,729	-41.29%
ABLV	ABLE VIEW GLOBAL INC	$1.29	-3.73%	3.20%	56.36%	22.86%	41.76%	-5.15%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.98	$0.55	34.85%	134.12%	0.92	38,665	-4.09%
LBTYA	LIBERTY GLOBAL LTD	$10.88	-0.64%	1.02%	-5.31%	-3.72%	-46.95%	-33.13%	-52.36%	-51.17%	-79.51%	$21.56	$9.84	49.54%	10.63%	0.84	2,610,874	81.59%
BODI	BEACHBODY COMPANY INC	$3.81	1.60%	-17.17%	-47.45%	-50.46%	-36.50%	-59.03%	-95.60%	N/A	N/A	$10.12	$3.70	62.35%	2.97%	1.21	7,160	-62.49%
LBRDA	LIBERTY BROADBAND CORP	$87.69	-1.53%	14.63%	3.37%	16.30%	-2.19%	70.87%	-19.16%	-28.34%	62.57%	$100.44	$49.68	12.69%	76.53%	0.89	114,442	-22.12%
UONE	URBAN ONE INC	$1.57	4.67%	12.14%	10.56%	18.05%	18.94%	-21.11%	-81.87%	14.60%	-60.05%	$3.33	$1.23	52.85%	27.64%	1.57	6,959	-24.39%
LDWY	LENDWAY INC	$3.89	-2.63%	-5.64%	3.60%	-7.94%	6.15%	-38.72%	-51.62%	-22.93%	-81.50%	$6.12	$3.02	36.52%	28.86%	0.44	4,037	875.12%
LCFY	LOCAFY LTD	$4.66	-0.85%	22.89%	0.65%	-43.79%	-21.02%	57.43%	-82.21%	N/A	N/A	$11.23	$2.20	58.50%	111.82%	0.64	2,554	-92.95%
BBGI	BEASLEY BROADCAST GROUP INC	$5.64	-0.70%	3.87%	-1.57%	-30.54%	-55.02%	-60.83%	-82.91%	-88.49%	-94.19%	$15.22	$4.80	62.94%	17.50%	0.61	4,441	298.30%

Communication Service Industries

Industry	Stocks	1d %	1w %	1m %	1y %	P/E ratio	P/B Ratio	ROE	ROA	ROCE	Upside/Downside	Consensus
Advertising Agencies	44	-0.23%	-0.61%	-6.82%	-46.22%	16.07x	2.64x	+22.92%	+2.58%	-3.73%	+60.70%	Strong Buy
Broadcasting	13	-0.10%	+0.37%	-74.79%	-33.29%	-3.98x	1.27x	-3.43%	+0.15%	-119.43%	+63.54%	Strong Buy
Electronic Gaming & Multimedia	23	+0.55%	+2.66%	+4.15%	+1.43%	-3.17x	5.55x	-99.48%	-2.20%	-1.51%	+3.74%	Strong Buy
Entertainment	47	-0.31%	+1.98%	+6.66%	+33.20%	81.15x	3.73x	+43.20%	+10.51%	+16.63%	+13.81%	Buy
Internet Content & Information	69	+1.24%	+2.36%	+1.94%	+3.46%	33.31x	5.88x	+31.99%	+22.80%	+30.30%	+22.86%	Buy
Telecom Services	54	-0.94%	+3.18%	-1.79%	+16.49%	14.01x	1.90x	+14.83%	+4.20%	+8.63%	+28.66%	Buy

Communication Service Stocks FAQ

What are the best communication service stocks to buy right now in May 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 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: B, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Ooma (NYSE:OOMA) has a Due Diligence Score of 20, which is -8 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 6 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Ooma has seen its stock return 61.78% over the past year, overperforming other communication service stocks by 53 percentage points.

Ooma has an average 1 year price target of $17.63, an upside of 45.06% from Ooma's current stock price of $12.15.

Ooma stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Ooma, 75% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 25% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a Hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Everquote (NASDAQ:EVER)

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: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Everquote (NASDAQ:EVER) has a Due Diligence Score of 61, which is 33 points higher than the communication service sector average of 28. It passed 20 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Everquote has seen its stock return 28.34% over the past year, overperforming other communication service stocks by 20 percentage points.

Everquote has an average 1 year price target of $32.20, an upside of 22.81% from Everquote's current stock price of $26.22.

Everquote stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Everquote, 80% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 20% 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 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 Ihs Holding (NYSE:IHS) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: A, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: A.

Ihs Holding (NYSE:IHS) has a Due Diligence Score of 9, which is -19 points lower than the communication service sector average of 28. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates IHS as a "A".It passed 3 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Ihs Holding has seen its stock return 37.29% over the past year, overperforming other communication service stocks by 29 percentage points.

Ihs Holding has an average 1 year price target of $8.67, an upside of 74.39% from Ihs Holding's current stock price of $4.97.

Ihs Holding stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Ihs Holding, 66.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 33.33% 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 56 communication service stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 communication service stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Gdev (NASDAQ:GDEV)

Gdev (NASDAQ:GDEV) has an annual dividend yield of 30.15%, which is 26 percentage points higher than the communication service sector average of 3.95%.

Gdev's dividend payout ratio of 236.4% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Bce (NYSE:BCE)

Bce (NYSE:BCE) has an annual dividend yield of 17.19%, which is 13 percentage points higher than the communication service sector average of 3.95%. 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 3,147.7% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Entravision Communications (NYSE:EVC)

Entravision Communications (NYSE:EVC) has an annual dividend yield of 10.99%, which is 7 percentage points higher than the communication service sector average of 3.95%. Entravision Communications's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Entravision Communications's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Entravision Communications's dividend payout ratio of -12% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Why are communication service stocks up?

Communication service stocks were up 0.07% in the last day, and up 2.31% over the last week. Trivago Nv was the among the top gainers in the communication services sector, gaining 25% yesterday.

Trivago shares are trading higher after UBS maintained a Neutral rating on the stock and raised its price target from $3.4 to $4.

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. Doubledown Interactive Co (NASDAQ:DDI)

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 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 -8.58% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the communication service sector by -17 percentage points.

2. Weibo (NASDAQ:WB)

Weibo (NASDAQ:WB) 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.

Weibo has a valuation score of 57, which is 33 points higher than the communication service sector average of 24. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Weibo's stock has dropped -5.59% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the communication service sector by -14 percentage points.

3. Ziff Davis (NASDAQ:ZD)

Ziff Davis (NASDAQ:ZD) 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.

Ziff Davis has a valuation score of 57, which is 33 points higher than the communication service sector average of 24. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ziff Davis's stock has dropped -38.69% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the communication service sector by -47 percentage points.

Are communication service stocks a good buy now?

45.52% of communication service stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect communication service stocks to rise by 21.38% over the next year.

4.95% of communication service stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 17.03% of communication service stocks are rated B (Buy), 64.84% are rated C (Hold), 10.99% are rated D (Sell), and 2.2% 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 34.92x.

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