Sectors & IndustriesCommunication Services
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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NWSA
NEWS CORP
$16.84B$29.74$38.6730.02%Strong Buy31.22%19.31%10.49%5.19%
DRCT
DIRECT DIGITAL HOLDINGS INC
$11.78M$0.62$6.00863.08%Strong Buy193.48%N/AN/A-56.38%
NIPG
NIP GROUP INC
$120.82M$2.13$6.00181.56%Strong Buy1N/AN/AN/AN/A
GOGO
GOGO INC
$2.04B$15.46$13.00-15.91%Strong Buy121.39%N/A156.26%10.47%
OPRA
OPERA LTD
$1.79B$19.98$23.8319.28%Strong Buy314.04%N/A16.56%14.76%
GMGI
GOLDEN MATRIX GROUP INC
$238.03M$1.72$4.00132.56%Strong Buy1N/AN/A1.28%0.65%
DLX
DELUXE CORP
$767.29M$17.15$23.0034.11%Strong Buy1-0.21%130.95%25.59%6.19%
FWONA
LIBERTY MEDIA CORP
$23.28B$93.34$102.009.28%Strong Buy1-6.05%N/A3.62%1.92%
ADV
ADVANTAGE SOLUTIONS INC
$509.17M$1.57$2.5059.24%Strong Buy10.75%N/A-0.23%-0.05%
ATEX
ANTERIX INC
$471.70M$25.23$67.00165.56%Strong Buy130.82%N/A-18.74%-8.81%
RSVR
RESERVOIR MEDIA INC
$514.58M$7.88$11.5045.94%Strong Buy1-26.51%-4.35%N/AN/A
AENT
ALLIANCE ENTERTAINMENT HOLDING CORP
$592.51M$5.34$10.0087.27%Strong Buy1N/AN/AN/AN/A
GAIA
GAIA INC
$106.31M$4.24$9.00112.26%Strong Buy18.55%N/A5.48%3.21%
MOMO
HELLO GROUP INC
$1.44B$8.47$13.0053.48%Strong Buy1-4.74%-37.10%22.34%15.05%
WOW
WIDEOPENWEST INC
$356.43M$4.17$6.5055.88%Strong Buy1-7.18%N/A-40.99%-5.35%
OOMA
OOMA INC
$365.98M$13.26$18.5039.52%Strong Buy25.07%N/AN/AN/A
SSP
EW SCRIPPS CO
$291.20M$3.32$8.00140.96%Strong Buy1-11.50%-87.10%5.05%1.30%
LBRDA
LIBERTY BROADBAND CORP
$14.31B$99.86$115.0015.16%Strong Buy1-2.07%98.72%18.35%10.85%
EEX
EMERALD HOLDING INC
$1.05B$5.30$7.8047.17%Strong Buy1N/AN/AN/AN/A
ATHM
AUTOHOME INC
$3.12B$26.28$36.0036.99%Strong Buy1N/AN/A25.56%21.15%
BATRA
ATLANTA BRAVES HOLDINGS INC
$3.10B$49.55$60.0021.09%Strong Buy12.91%N/AN/AN/A
IQ
IQIYI INC
$1.72B$1.78$2.8057.30%Strong Buy12.09%57.46%106.75%30.90%
BOC
BOSTON OMAHA CORP
$454.50M$14.45$25.0073.01%Strong Buy16.20%N/AN/AN/A
GIFT
GIFTIFY INC
$39.89M$1.36$4.00194.12%Strong Buy1N/AN/AN/AN/A
PERI
PERION NETWORK LTD
$491.74M$10.96$14.0027.74%Strong Buy22.52%N/A3.57%2.91%
BILI
BILIBILI INC
$8.77B$20.88$27.5031.70%Strong Buy27.91%N/A21.65%9.36%
VEON
VEON LTD
$3.21B$43.36$60.0038.38%Strong Buy15.49%-16.00%1,105.48%151.18%
CSAI
CLOUDASTRUCTURE INC
$38.13M$2.28$6.00163.16%Strong Buy1N/AN/AN/AN/A
NXST
NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP INC
$5.47B$181.27$206.6714.01%Strong Buy6-0.20%3.06%52.56%10.35%
LYV
LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT INC
$34.94B$149.27$170.3114.09%Strong Buy1310.94%4.53%499.12%2.42%
GENI
GENIUS SPORTS LTD
$2.34B$10.05$12.4523.88%Strong Buy1016.57%N/A6.56%5.14%
CXDO
CREXENDO INC
$186.67M$6.43$8.5032.19%Strong Buy37.31%116.67%11.57%9.47%
EVER
EVERQUOTE INC
$886.92M$24.53$32.6733.17%Strong Buy312.17%19.67%49.46%31.85%
RBBN
RIBBON COMMUNICATIONS INC
$739.72M$4.19$5.8339.21%Strong Buy34.80%N/A11.10%3.72%
DIS
WALT DISNEY CO
$222.92B$124.00$127.753.02%Strong Buy123.75%12.90%12.06%6.43%
META
META PLATFORMS INC
$1.81T$719.01$727.321.16%Strong Buy3811.22%5.78%51.48%34.00%
NTES
NETEASE INC
$84.33B$132.85$121.40-8.62%Strong Buy56.71%7.04%135.26%96.86%
TKO
TKO GROUP HOLDINGS INC
$35.06B$177.14$176.29-0.48%Strong Buy7N/AN/AN/AN/A
TME
TENCENT MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
$44.08B$19.46$15.00-22.92%Strong Buy2N/AN/A44.63%33.32%
IHS
IHS HOLDING LTD
$2.01B$6.03$9.1351.33%Strong Buy4-0.27%N/A-75.75%6.04%
TGNA
TEGNA INC
$2.77B$17.24$20.2517.46%Strong Buy4-2.62%-6.15%11.85%4.93%
MAX
MEDIAALPHA INC
$708.43M$10.50$17.9270.64%Strong Buy69.39%93.92%1,439.88%47.51%
CMPR
CIMPRESS PLC
$1.24B$49.68$62.5025.81%Strong Buy23.26%-17.58%-15.93%4.73%
USM
UNITED STATES CELLULAR CORP
$5.44B$64.03$81.5027.28%Strong Buy2-0.90%N/A2.32%1.03%
DDI
DOUBLEDOWN INTERACTIVE CO LTD
$482.15M$9.73$19.2597.84%Strong Buy41.32%-3.75%0.66%0.61%
PINS
PINTEREST INC
$24.14B$35.68$40.7114.09%Strong Buy2412.57%-27.07%N/AN/A
TDS
TELEPHONE & DATA SYSTEMS INC
$3.81B$35.59$50.0040.49%Strong Buy2-1.55%N/A-0.94%-0.35%
IAC
IAC INC
$3.10B$38.81$52.9136.33%Strong Buy11-10.44%N/A1.56%1.02%
SPOT
SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY SA
$150.80B$725.05$724.87-0.02%Strong Buy2310.67%41.07%48.39%23.83%
TTWO
TAKE TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE INC
$42.60B$240.11$243.071.23%Strong Buy1418.53%N/A63.01%14.67%
MGNI
MAGNITE INC
$3.46B$24.53$22.29-9.15%Strong Buy79.28%55.05%N/AN/A
BIDU
BAIDU INC
$29.69B$86.35$109.4026.69%Strong Buy54.27%-7.68%72.11%42.84%
MSGS
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN SPORTS CORP
$4.99B$207.90$252.6021.50%Strong Buy5-0.49%149.76%-11.10%2.09%
LION
LIONSGATE STUDIOS HOLDING CORP
$1.69B$5.85$9.1055.56%Strong Buy55.49%N/AN/AN/A
CNK
CINEMARK HOLDINGS INC
$3.53B$30.71$35.0013.97%Strong Buy88.48%4.13%85.74%6.39%
IMAX
IMAX CORP
$1.47B$27.35$31.6315.63%Strong Buy89.19%46.16%21.29%7.52%
T
AT&T INC
$204.07B$28.36$30.256.66%Strong Buy141.39%14.86%18.45%4.82%
RBLX
ROBLOX CORP
$70.26B$103.59$93.94-9.31%Strong Buy1726.21%N/A19.65%0.82%
NBIS
NEBIUS GROUP NV
$11.96B$50.25$60.6720.73%Strong Buy3N/AN/A-7.23%-6.65%
TBLA
TABOOLACOM LTD
$1.19B$3.69$4.5021.95%Strong Buy34.90%350.00%5.74%3.50%
VIV
TELEFONICA BRASIL SA
$19.13B$11.76$10.33-12.13%Strong Buy36.60%12.89%11.66%6.51%
GTN
GRAY MEDIA INC
$500.82M$4.92$6.1725.35%Strong Buy3-3.57%-45.65%0.14%0.03%
TV
GRUPO TELEVISA SAB
$1.48B$2.34$3.8765.26%Strong Buy3-2.76%N/A2,022.68%823.46%
MCS
MARCUS CORP
$545.20M$17.42$25.0043.51%Strong Buy33.40%N/A4.46%1.94%
NEXN
NEXXEN INTERNATIONAL LTD
$336.66M$10.27$14.1437.71%Strong Buy78.35%-38.98%9.78%6.54%
STGW
STAGWELL INC
$1.22B$4.56$9.13100.11%Strong Buy44.29%N/A66.44%5.58%
NCMI
NATIONAL CINEMEDIA INC
$451.72M$4.79$7.1348.75%Strong Buy49.61%N/A5.47%4.02%
QNST
QUINSTREET INC
$941.98M$16.54$28.2570.80%Strong Buy412.53%N/A15.24%8.60%
CRTO
CRITEO SA
$1.32B$24.92$42.4470.32%Strong Buy9-21.50%17.25%19.02%9.51%
TEM
TEMPUS AI INC
$10.55B$60.97$65.677.70%Strong Buy940.23%N/A-20.70%-4.38%
GOOGL
ALPHABET INC
$2.18T$179.53$196.899.67%Strong Buy283.53%8.54%47.54%34.53%
NFLX
NETFLIX INC
$552.19B$1,297.18$1.20k-7.29%Strong Buy2811.11%19.14%73.48%33.90%
ROKU
ROKU INC
$12.95B$88.27$94.667.23%Buy169.28%N/A10.09%6.10%
TMUS
T-MOBILE US INC
$273.36B$240.75$268.5511.55%Buy104.42%12.30%31.12%8.86%
DASH
DOORDASH INC
$101.19B$238.79$224.45-6.01%Buy2916.22%81.04%33.97%21.00%
TWLO
TWILIO INC
$18.36B$120.27$136.3213.34%Buy226.29%N/A5.23%4.26%
THRY
THRYV HOLDINGS INC
$563.79M$12.89$20.6760.33%Buy30.56%N/A8.83%2.42%
CCG
CHECHE GROUP INC
$60.24M$0.75$350.0046,566.67%Buy1N/AN/AN/AN/A
TSQ
TOWNSQUARE MEDIA INC
$135.23M$8.27$13.0057.19%Buy10.51%N/A-39.93%2.25%
IRDM
IRIDIUM COMMUNICATIONS INC
$3.44B$31.80$32.331.68%Buy33.97%10.63%35.21%6.99%
IHRT
IHEARTMEDIA INC
$287.86M$1.95$2.8847.44%Buy20.93%N/AN/AN/A
STRZ
STARZ ENTERTAINMENT CORP
$260.19M$15.56$26.0067.10%Buy2-3.12%N/A0.52%0.18%
SHEN
SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO
$791.04M$14.42$26.0080.31%Buy15.12%N/A-4.10%-2.04%
TZOO
TRAVELZOO
$147.68M$13.31$19.6747.76%Buy314.16%33.20%-252.95%31.12%
BODI
BEACHBODY COMPANY INC
$29.56M$4.22$10.00136.97%Buy2-40.23%N/A-153.02%-24.11%
SSTK
SHUTTERSTOCK INC
$704.02M$19.97$25.0025.19%Buy17.83%55.91%27.64%11.42%
RDCM
RADCOM LTD
$219.00M$13.76$18.0030.81%Buy115.23%15.91%7.32%5.36%
IPG
INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COMPANIES INC
$9.38B$25.38$32.1326.58%Buy4-7.38%46.81%31.12%6.51%
OMC
OMNICOM GROUP INC
$14.58B$74.71$92.5023.81%Buy63.13%8.61%N/AN/A
CURI
CURIOSITYSTREAM INC
$277.76M$4.82$5.4012.03%Buy215.10%N/A11.90%8.11%
FVRR
FIVERR INTERNATIONAL LTD
$1.04B$28.90$37.1428.52%Buy78.95%57.31%14.37%4.92%
INUV
INUVO INC
$71.41M$4.95$8.5071.72%Buy2N/AN/AN/AN/A
CCOI
COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS INC
$2.48B$50.33$68.5036.10%Buy24.90%N/A41.79%1.91%
NRDS
NERDWALLET INC
$843.48M$11.32$14.2525.88%Buy46.96%33.50%20.05%15.69%
WBD
WARNER BROS DISCOVERY INC
$27.76B$11.22$13.0015.86%Buy110.46%N/A1.96%0.65%
RDDT
REDDIT INC
$28.98B$157.03$152.32-3.00%Buy2227.10%44.31%37.24%33.88%
FOXA
FOX CORP
$25.29B$56.25$58.403.82%Buy100.72%7.74%18.88%9.31%
WMG
WARNER MUSIC GROUP CORP
$15.32B$29.39$32.7811.53%Buy93.56%25.65%146.52%8.68%
ZG
ZILLOW GROUP INC
$16.98B$70.31$81.0615.29%Buy1613.77%N/AN/AN/A
ANGI
ANGI INC
$803.30M$16.74$20.7523.95%Buy6-1.19%6.24%5.76%3.35%

Communication Service Industries

IndustryStocks1d %1w %1m %1y %DD ScoreP/E ratioP/B RatioROEROAROCEUpside/DownsideConsensus
45+0.70%+6.15%-0.24%-38.71%-6.87x2.74x+11.99%+2.35%-2.85%+37.28%Buy
12+1.25%+5.26%-2.86%-5.13%4.57x1.20x+10.00%+2.29%+6.65%+32.11%Strong Buy
25+0.07%+0.27%+5.69%-2.79%-14.85x7.43x-123.89%-2.96%-8.40%+1.68%Strong Buy
47+0.86%+0.68%+7.71%+44.24%47.01x4.36x+41.79%+10.46%+16.44%+3.50%Buy
68+1.10%-0.63%+8.25%-50.82%28.81x6.88x+31.30%+23.06%+30.24%+18.27%Buy
53+0.73%+3.67%+4.20%+13.43%11.46x1.97x+13.98%+4.05%+8.30%+30.75%Buy

Communication Service Stocks FAQ

What are the best communication service stocks to buy right now in Jul 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: 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 44.92% over the past year, overperforming other communication service stocks by 65 percentage points.

Ooma has an average 1 year price target of $18.50, an upside of 39.52% from Ooma's current stock price of $13.26.

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.

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: 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 14.25% over the past year, overperforming other communication service stocks by 35 percentage points.

Everquote has an average 1 year price target of $32.67, an upside of 33.17% from Everquote's current stock price of $24.53.

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.

3. Nerdwallet (NASDAQ:NRDS)


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 -25.62% over the past year, underperforming other communication service stocks by -5 percentage points.

Nerdwallet has an average 1 year price target of $14.25, an upside of 25.88% from Nerdwallet's current stock price of $11.32.

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.

What are the communication service stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 54 communication service stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 communication service stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Chunghwa Telecom Co (NYSE:CHT)


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 3.16%. 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.

2. Bce (NYSE:BCE)


Bce (NYSE:BCE) has an annual dividend yield of 11.77%, which is 9 percentage points higher than the communication service sector average of 3.16%. 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.

3. Weibo (NASDAQ:WB)


Weibo (NASDAQ:WB) has an annual dividend yield of 8.59%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the communication service sector average of 3.16%.

Weibo's dividend payout ratio of 54.3% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are communication service stocks up?

Communication service stocks were up 0.83% in the last day, and up 1.16% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why communication service stocks are up.

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 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 -23.39% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the communication service sector by -3 percentage points.

2. Criteo Sa (NASDAQ:CRTO)


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 -36.09% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the communication service sector by -16 percentage points.

3. Hello Group (NASDAQ:MOMO)


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 37.5% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the communication service sector by 58 percentage points.

Are communication service stocks a good buy now?

50.35% of communication service stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect communication service stocks to rise by 15.11% over the next year.

5.41% of communication service stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 19.46% of communication service stocks are rated B (Buy), 60% are rated C (Hold), 12.97% are rated D (Sell), and 2.16% 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 26.59x.
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