We have come along way when people query was is the price so low at $500 
It's not about where it is in 'USD value now', it's if it can out perform BTC in the market. Marketcap isn't really a good metric to measure how good a cryptocurrency is, but as speculators, you want yours to be the best performing coin in the market, out pacing every coin and moving up the ladder.
+ pulling the charts out far enough to see the overall performance relative to BTC. A short enough timeframe will validate any number of absurd claims, positive or negative.