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Best Broadcasting Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top broadcasting stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best broadcasting stocks to buy now. Learn More.

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 broadcasting stocks to buy right now are:

Tegna (NYSE:TGNA) is the #1 top broadcasting stock out of 13 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Tegna (NYSE:TGNA) is: Value: A, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: D, Safety: A, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Tegna (NYSE:TGNA) has a Due Diligence Score of 45, which is 19 points higher than the broadcasting industry average of 26.

TGNA passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Tegna has seen its stock return 21.25% over the past year, overperforming other broadcasting stocks by 53 percentage points.

Tegna has an average 1 year price target of $21.25, an upside of 32.07% from Tegna's current stock price of $16.09.

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

Gray Media (NYSE:GTN) is the #2 top broadcasting stock out of 13 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Gray Media (NYSE:GTN) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Gray Media (NYSE:GTN) has a Due Diligence Score of 38, which is 12 points higher than the broadcasting industry average of 26.

GTN passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Gray Media has seen its stock lose -40.88% over the past year, underperforming other broadcasting stocks by -9 percentage points.

Gray Media has an average 1 year price target of $6.33, an upside of 89.61% from Gray Media's current stock price of $3.34.

Gray Media stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Gray Media, 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.

Ew Scripps Co (NASDAQ:SSP) is the #3 top broadcasting stock out of 13 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Ew Scripps Co (NASDAQ:SSP) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Ew Scripps Co (NASDAQ:SSP) has a Due Diligence Score of 29, which is 3 points higher than the broadcasting industry average of 26.

SSP passed 11 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Ew Scripps Co has seen its stock lose -34.14% over the past year, underperforming other broadcasting stocks by -2 percentage points.

Ew Scripps Co has an average 1 year price target of $8.00, an upside of 268.66% from Ew Scripps Co's current stock price of $2.17.

Ew Scripps Co stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Ew Scripps Co, 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 4 broadcasting stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 broadcasting stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Gray Media (NYSE:GTN) has an annual dividend yield of 9.58%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the broadcasting industry average of 5.88%. Gray Media's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Gray Media's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Gray Media's dividend payout ratio of 9.4% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Saga Communications (NASDAQ:SGA) has an annual dividend yield of 8.75%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the broadcasting industry average of 5.88%. 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.

Curiositystream (NASDAQ:CURI) has an annual dividend yield of 2.84%, which is -3 percentage points lower than the broadcasting industry average of 5.88%.

Curiositystream's dividend payout ratio of -47.9% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Broadcasting stocks were down -2.5% in the last day, and up 1.39% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why broadcasting stocks are down.

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 broadcasting stocks right now are:

Tegna (NYSE:TGNA) is the most undervalued broadcasting stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Tegna has a valuation score of 43, which is 20 points higher than the broadcasting industry average of 23. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Tegna's stock has gained 21.25% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the broadcasting industry by 53 percentage points.

Gray Media (NYSE:GTN) is the second most undervalued broadcasting stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Gray Media has a valuation score of 43, which is 20 points higher than the broadcasting industry average of 23. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Gray Media's stock has dropped -40.88% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the broadcasting industry by -9 percentage points.

Ew Scripps Co (NASDAQ:SSP) is the third most undervalued broadcasting stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Ew Scripps Co has a valuation score of 71, which is 48 points higher than the broadcasting industry average of 23. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ew Scripps Co's stock has dropped -34.14% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the broadcasting industry by -2 percentage points.

50% of broadcasting stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect broadcasting stocks to rise by 61.63% over the next year.

0% of broadcasting stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 0% of broadcasting stocks are rated B (Buy), 100% are rated C (Hold), 0% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).