Bitcoin’s profitability dwarfed by cryptocurrency rivals Ripple, Ethereum
I think in the other way that those coins you mentioned as rivals may get the benefit of price increase from the recent issue with the bitcoin transaction.But still bitcoin is at it's best and the price is constant around $14k.
But ethereum price keeps goins as expected and it will make a huge price bump like what happened with the bitcoin in 2017.
Ripple race is already over the price is going in the downward direction so it is better to choose other coin for investment other than ripple because it is decentralized and can be controlled by someone .