Theoretically it should but cryptsy is no indication due to the problematic wallet there.

I bought around the time of the SDC-DRK proposed merger and prices were around 0.00025... then they spiked a bit to 0.0003 and then dropped to 0.00015 or something... meanwhile DRK, which is a heavy-marketcap coin, moved to 4-5x (from 0.005 to 0.02-0.025) - so I'll need at least a 0.001 - 0.00125 price for SDC just to get what I'd get for buying DRKs (!) and much more than that to justify a proper gain. In theory it's always easier for a small marketcap coin to gain a lot, so it can happen.

One thing that DRK has working for it, is developer transparency with Evan being a known person. XC got a high marketcap, because ok it was one of the first marketed as a DRK-alternative, but it also had a dev whose name was known. If the dev is not just a nickname who might do something stupid and run away, it's easier to have trust and easier for funds to flow in.