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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 %
IZEA	IZEA WORLDWIDE INC	$1.77	3.51%	1.72%	-19.55%	-27.76%	-36.33%	-29.20%	-62.18%	115.85%	N/A	$3.60	$1.68	50.83%	5.36%	0.80	10,214	44.80%
IPG	INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COMPANIES INC	$23.90	1.70%	-4.93%	-7.83%	-15.28%	-19.74%	-22.98%	-31.81%	70.23%	12.00%	$33.05	$22.51	27.69%	6.18%	1.04	3,656,221	-5.58%
SGA	SAGA COMMUNICATIONS INC	$11.44	0.35%	3.44%	-10.06%	-7.59%	-19.44%	-49.60%	-51.34%	-54.91%	-72.41%	$23.56	$10.75	51.44%	6.42%	0.34	1,724	-75.94%
SWAG	STRAN & COMPANY INC	$1.04	-7.14%	-6.31%	10.05%	28.24%	-7.14%	-11.11%	-42.54%	N/A	N/A	$1.44	$0.73	27.78%	42.08%	0.49	1,849	148.52%
PODC	PODCASTONE INC	$1.75	-1.69%	-6.42%	18.24%	-26.78%	41.13%	-11.62%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.85	$1.10	38.51%	59.09%	0.98	14,333	33.39%
NMAX	NEWSMAX INC	$23.38	7.59%	-10.56%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$265.00	$14.00	91.18%	67.00%	0.77	2,579,791	16.71%
GITS	GLOBAL INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGIES INC	$1.18	-2.48%	-2.88%	-34.44%	-65.40%	-71.23%	-90.08%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$15.00	$0.87	92.13%	35.63%	0.53	728,994	57,710.79%
ONFO	ONFOLIO HOLDINGS INC	$1.11	0.91%	-1.77%	0.00%	-11.20%	2.78%	82.27%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.88	$0.45	40.96%	145.58%	0.99	6,442	-32.48%
HAO	HAOXI HEALTH TECHNOLOGY LTD	$1.15	3.60%	-14.81%	-34.66%	-65.82%	-75.84%	-99.05%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$265.00	$0.84	99.57%	37.23%	1.01	33,088	-19.68%
GIGM	GIGAMEDIA LTD	$1.54	0.00%	0.00%	-5.23%	-3.14%	13.24%	17.56%	-8.33%	-37.40%	-64.52%	$1.80	$1.26	14.44%	22.22%	0.33	2,750	0.62%
FWONA	LIBERTY MEDIA CORP	$76.45	1.80%	4.45%	-5.93%	-7.87%	3.37%	25.06%	25.49%	220.41%	98.06%	$95.33	$60.59	19.80%	26.17%	0.86	94,808	47.34%
PARA	PARAMOUNT GLOBAL	$10.98	2.04%	1.10%	-5.67%	4.47%	6.91%	-11.31%	-64.63%	-26.46%	-82.17%	$14.54	$9.54	24.48%	15.09%	0.98	8,023,868	-0.70%
TOON	KARTOON STUDIOS INC	$0.53	-3.64%	-10.17%	-16.80%	1.73%	-32.74%	-52.68%	-92.89%	-79.49%	-99.43%	$1.14	$0.46	53.51%	15.22%	1.04	233,730	156.64%
UPXI	UPEXI INC	$9.00	-9.00%	221.43%	289.61%	167.06%	118.98%	-8.16%	-89.53%	N/A	N/A	$22.00	$1.90	59.09%	373.44%	0.06	2,969,155	-97.04%
MCHX	MARCHEX INC	$1.44	1.77%	2.86%	-22.16%	-26.53%	-19.33%	17.07%	-24.05%	4.35%	-68.00%	$2.40	$1.23	40.00%	17.07%	0.96	14,622	-8.81%
VSME	VS MEDIA HOLDINGS LTD	$0.89	15.58%	11.25%	-10.82%	-29.37%	-64.40%	-70.15%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$3.69	$0.65	75.88%	36.92%	0.79	7,842	-66.04%
BODI	BEACHBODY COMPANY INC	$3.90	2.09%	-3.70%	-50.38%	-41.88%	-40.55%	-55.43%	-95.44%	N/A	N/A	$10.12	$3.72	61.46%	4.84%	1.20	66,419	214.77%
UONE	URBAN ONE INC	$1.34	2.29%	-2.90%	-7.84%	-4.96%	-0.74%	-33.66%	-80.80%	6.35%	-66.91%	$3.33	$1.23	59.76%	8.94%	1.56	11,007	31.21%
ZDGE	ZEDGE INC	$2.00	0.00%	-4.31%	-16.32%	-31.27%	-33.77%	-13.42%	-63.83%	53.85%	N/A	$4.38	$1.73	54.29%	15.74%	1.03	16,785	-46.12%
GDC	GD CULTURE GROUP LTD	$2.23	-3.04%	-11.86%	-13.90%	23.89%	15.54%	213.64%	-90.35%	-96.78%	N/A	$12.18	$0.63	81.69%	253.41%	0.77	48,333	225.94%
SCOR	COMSCORE INC	$5.00	0.00%	-1.19%	-28.47%	-17.22%	-19.35%	-66.03%	-88.94%	-89.71%	-99.53%	$15.69	$4.59	68.13%	8.93%	1.23	9,178	-16.16%
RDI	READING INTERNATIONAL INC	$1.26	2.44%	0.80%	-10.00%	-11.89%	-4.55%	-25.00%	-68.97%	-65.29%	-90.88%	$1.89	$1.17	33.33%	7.69%	0.72	40,358	43.59%
TC	TOKEN CAT LTD	$0.56	5.85%	2.94%	-27.14%	-40.76%	-59.64%	-62.60%	-98.48%	-99.41%	N/A	$4.30	$0.46	86.95%	21.96%	0.27	12,031	-63.07%
SJ	SCIENJOY HOLDING CORP	$0.90	12.50%	-2.17%	-2.81%	5.88%	-1.75%	7.66%	-77.04%	-91.30%	N/A	$1.16	$0.65	22.41%	39.53%	0.47	11,212	-73.50%
FLNT	FLUENT INC	$2.17	0.74%	0.74%	2.17%	-21.81%	-28.51%	-16.69%	-76.71%	-76.86%	-94.45%	$4.30	$2.01	49.62%	7.76%	1.17	786	-74.84%
SNAL	SNAIL INC	$1.08	23.29%	-8.47%	-31.65%	-62.89%	-46.27%	1.89%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$3.42	$0.52	68.42%	107.69%	1.15	73,029	3.40%
CPOP	POP CULTURE GROUP CO LTD	$0.56	-2.93%	-1.40%	-10.21%	-49.28%	-55.67%	-69.57%	-94.97%	N/A	N/A	$4.30	$0.46	86.91%	22.13%	0.63	11,259	-29.05%
FENG	PHOENIX NEW MEDIA LTD	$1.50	1.35%	-11.84%	-36.84%	-32.57%	-48.20%	-19.52%	-54.75%	-82.18%	-96.55%	$4.15	$1.28	63.93%	16.95%	0.53	7,158	-44.79%
ANGH	ANGHAMI INC	$0.59	6.36%	4.46%	-18.75%	-15.22%	-25.95%	-51.65%	-93.54%	N/A	N/A	$1.19	$0.55	50.84%	6.36%	0.11	10,875	69.05%
DLPN	DOLPHIN ENTERTAINMENT INC	$1.00	-1.96%	-2.91%	-6.54%	0.50%	-24.81%	-58.68%	-87.53%	-80.00%	N/A	$2.78	$0.75	64.03%	33.87%	0.77	9,259	-52.21%
EDHL	EVERBRIGHT DIGITAL HOLDING LTD	$3.93	-2.24%	-6.43%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$4.99	$3.54	21.24%	10.92%	0.42	516,733	-56.07%
LGF.B	LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP	$7.10	-1.11%	0.00%	-9.44%	5.50%	5.19%	-25.03%	-44.36%	12.88%	-77.27%	$10.55	$6.44	32.70%	10.25%	1.04	1,786,238	123.97%
CMLS	CUMULUS MEDIA INC	$0.27	4.74%	-6.36%	-45.47%	-64.81%	-76.75%	-90.19%	-98.21%	-92.43%	N/A	$3.34	$0.23	92.07%	17.78%	1.25	857,183	1,220.98%
AGAE	ALLIED GAMING & ENTERTAINMENT INC	$0.98	0.82%	0.82%	-16.41%	-2.20%	-30.64%	20.15%	-40.69%	-56.92%	N/A	$1.57	$0.61	37.71%	60.33%	0.59	2,155	-78.19%
CNET	ZW DATA ACTION TECHNOLOGIES INC	$1.60	3.29%	6.73%	0.06%	-12.51%	-17.47%	-59.72%	-86.13%	-88.72%	-97.95%	$4.53	$1.35	64.66%	18.59%	0.80	11,918	968.88%
TNMG	TNL MEDIAGENE	$0.36	21.50%	-19.64%	-62.64%	-89.83%	-96.90%	-96.79%	-96.41%	N/A	N/A	$34.08	$0.28	98.96%	25.80%	0.46	192,025	-18.58%
ZG	ZILLOW GROUP INC	$61.78	3.94%	-2.03%	-14.55%	-18.74%	5.32%	48.83%	50.13%	62.54%	100.13%	$86.58	$38.06	28.64%	62.32%	1.57	307,281	-32.35%
CHR	CHEER HOLDING INC	$1.07	5.63%	-13.71%	-35.54%	-57.20%	-65.37%	-60.07%	-87.70%	-97.89%	N/A	$3.45	$1.01	68.99%	5.94%	0.42	34,171	86.88%
DGLY	DIGITAL ALLY INC	$0.03	11.54%	0.00%	-47.27%	-92.80%	-97.16%	-98.63%	-99.87%	-99.84%	-99.99%	$3.29	$0.02	99.12%	45.00%	0.78	62,772,687	-44.45%
BREA	BRERA HOLDINGS PLC	$0.66	-0.15%	-4.09%	-6.29%	-13.68%	-40.36%	-48.35%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.95	$0.50	66.36%	31.20%	0.81	233,480	176.65%
BLMZ	BLOOMZ INC	$0.13	5.65%	-49.22%	-53.05%	-72.07%	-84.98%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$4.30	$0.11	96.95%	19.09%	0.92	1,297,929	14.52%
HOFV	HALL OF FAME RESORT & ENTERTAINMENT CO	$0.80	3.90%	-3.61%	-6.87%	-36.00%	-54.29%	-74.44%	-95.93%	-99.67%	N/A	$3.54	$0.67	77.40%	20.30%	1.17	5,373,551	333.18%
BATRA	ATLANTA BRAVES HOLDINGS INC	$42.78	0.52%	1.62%	-1.31%	5.11%	-0.77%	5.55%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$46.65	$38.67	8.30%	10.63%	0.62	40,764	-32.72%
BAOS	BAOSHENG MEDIA GROUP HOLDINGS LTD	$1.78	2.30%	-11.88%	-26.75%	-44.72%	-14.95%	-46.03%	-91.25%	N/A	N/A	$13.66	$1.44	86.97%	23.61%	1.42	82,916	-81.21%
FYBR	FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS PARENT INC	$36.12	0.19%	0.81%	1.01%	1.03%	1.60%	65.69%	31.58%	N/A	N/A	$39.21	$21.85	7.88%	65.31%	0.88	1,496,748	-14.10%
INUV	INUVO INC	$0.38	0.79%	-2.31%	-9.50%	-29.44%	54.88%	15.45%	-5.93%	67.84%	-83.58%	$0.79	$0.19	51.77%	100.53%	1.38	184,832	-28.13%
SLE	SUPER LEAGUE ENTERPRISE INC	$0.27	6.75%	12.08%	-25.48%	-55.32%	-70.44%	-80.92%	-99.13%	-99.53%	N/A	$1.74	$0.17	84.54%	58.24%	1.20	22,584	-52.46%
MDIA	MEDIACO HOLDING INC	$1.15	1.77%	-1.71%	2.59%	8.49%	-33.14%	-36.81%	-58.48%	-68.06%	N/A	$5.73	$0.92	79.93%	25.00%	1.05	42,887	154.98%
MNY	MONEYHERO LTD	$0.77	0.00%	6.94%	-8.00%	-30.63%	-30.00%	-60.71%	-92.22%	N/A	N/A	$2.75	$0.55	72.00%	39.75%	0.38	3,173	-94.24%
ANTE	AIRNET TECHNOLOGY INC	$0.86	0.94%	17.26%	67.84%	88.96%	135.81%	-26.21%	-85.03%	-71.47%	-99.03%	$2.90	$0.26	70.48%	229.23%	0.66	93,917	-61.20%

Communication Service Industries

Industry	Stocks	1d %	1w %	1m %	1y %	P/E ratio	P/B Ratio	ROE	ROA	ROCE	Upside/Downside	Consensus
Advertising Agencies	44	+2.20%	+0.15%	-13.11%	-43.91%	15.42x	2.54x	+23.41%	+2.82%	-2.90%	+69.10%	Buy
Broadcasting	13	+5.22%	-1.23%	-12.31%	-29.82%	-4.16x	1.26x	-3.80%	+0.02%	-119.94%	+62.21%	Strong Buy
Electronic Gaming & Multimedia	23	+2.34%	+0.16%	-1.81%	-1.75%	-0.08x	5.22x	-136.87%	-1.82%	-0.98%	+10.17%	Strong Buy
Entertainment	47	+3.68%	+2.73%	-2.11%	+25.10%	73.36x	3.49x	+55.27%	+10.37%	+16.45%	+20.65%	Buy
Internet Content & Information	69	+3.84%	-0.04%	-13.01%	-4.00%	32.08x	5.62x	+30.70%	+21.86%	+28.78%	+33.64%	Buy
Telecom Services	54	+1.19%	-2.43%	-6.08%	+10.33%	15.08x	1.90x	+14.84%	+4.13%	+8.50%	+35.75%	Buy

Communication Service Stocks FAQ

What are the best communication service stocks to buy right now in Apr 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 67.98% over the past year, overperforming other communication service stocks by 65 percentage points.

Ooma has an average 1 year price target of $17.63, an upside of 47.98% from Ooma's current stock price of $11.91.

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 58, which is 30 points higher than the communication service sector average of 28. It passed 19 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Everquote has seen its stock return 21.91% over the past year, overperforming other communication service stocks by 19 percentage points.

Everquote has an average 1 year price target of $32.20, an upside of 42.54% from Everquote's current stock price of $22.59.

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. 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: D, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: A.

Nerdwallet (NASDAQ:NRDS) has a Due Diligence Score of 58, which is 30 points higher than the communication service sector average of 28. It passed 18 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Nerdwallet has seen its stock lose -34.83% over the past year, underperforming other communication service stocks by -38 percentage points.

Nerdwallet has an average 1 year price target of $17.00, an upside of 95.4% from Nerdwallet's current stock price of $8.70.

Nerdwallet stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Nerdwallet, 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 59 communication service stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 communication service stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Douyu International Holdings (NASDAQ:DOYU)

Douyu International Holdings (NASDAQ:DOYU) has an annual dividend yield of 152.92%, which is 147 percentage points higher than the communication service sector average of 6.29%.

Douyu International Holdings's dividend payout ratio of -1,482.1% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Gdev (NASDAQ:GDEV)

Gdev (NASDAQ:GDEV) has an annual dividend yield of 28.79%, which is 23 percentage points higher than the communication service sector average of 6.29%.

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

3. Bce (NYSE:BCE)

Bce (NYSE:BCE) has an annual dividend yield of 16.57%, which is 10 percentage points higher than the communication service sector average of 6.29%. 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.

Why are communication service stocks up?

Communication service stocks were up 2.9% in the last day, and up 0.15% over the last week. Scienjoy Holding was the among the top gainers in the communication services sector, gaining 12.5% yesterday.

Sciencejoy Holding shares are trading higher. The company reported Q4 financial results.

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 18 points higher than the communication service sector average of 25. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Doubledown Interactive Co's stock has dropped -8.46% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the communication service sector by -11 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 32 points higher than the communication service sector average of 25. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Weibo's stock has dropped -3.34% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the communication service sector by -6 percentage points.

3. Veon (NASDAQ:VEON)

Veon (NASDAQ:VEON) 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.

Veon has a valuation score of 0, which is -25 points higher than the communication service sector average of 25. It passed 0 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates VEON a Valuation Rating of "A".

Veon's stock has gained 83.39% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the communication service sector by 80 percentage points.

Are communication service stocks a good buy now?

45.58% of communication service stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect communication service stocks to rise by 29.53% over the next year.

6.11% of communication service stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 16.67% of communication service stocks are rated B (Buy), 63.33% are rated C (Hold), 11.67% are rated D (Sell), and 2.22% 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 33.11x.

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