In my opinion there are 3 solid projects still trading below the US Dollar that will eventually trade higher than $1.
You are thinking the wrong way.
Market capitalization is what is importnat here.
ripple for example is worth only 0.30, while chainlink is worth 16.00.
But XRP marketcap is nearly 3 times bigger than chainlink. This means, that if both had the same amouint of circulation coins, XRP would be worth nearly 45 USD
Capitalization is :
Total circulation coins X price
This is what is important. Price alone doens't matter.
I think I also agree with you @bitmover. Op didn't cover all areas capable of increasing price and your analysis with ripple is a good one. Investors are very smart and like to trade and hodl project with high use case against the one not considered capable not to increase fast.