It seems like it is. A lot of persons are pushing hard for altcoins investment. It seems like it is the new deal on the block. I think this is mainly because of the fact that bitcoin is actually so expensive and rather than putting so much in a single coin, a lot of persons would rather have their investments in good altcoins, that would give them more returns in the next couple of months.
It's either you will have a big profit from it or big loss. We know that altcoins has a tendency to go where bitcoin goes and its movement is more volatile than bitcoin so if you want to have profit from it, you should always have a plan of what price you will buy or sell that particular coin so that you will not panic buy or sell later on. There are good altcoins out there, you just have to do due diligence and research so that you can avoid being scammed or being dumped on.