nothing can compete with bitcoin so far and even if there is a potential, that potential still needs to be found first.
but anyways it has been a couple of months that i have been hearing about Monero and keep seeing its price showing very healthy buy support behind it and the anonymity that it offers is one of the most wanted features these days. all of these can lead to potentially big price rises.
there's no argument regarding to bitcoin because its already established his popularity, the best thing regarding to alt before you really place your investment is knowing who's beyond the back of certain project and how the project road plan been implemented i think monero really shows good future to have as fluctuation keeps on moving ups and down like btc.