I understand the distinction between Ripple and XRP, and it is certainly true that XRP has its own fair share of good news, along with Ripple... but that rarely if ever seems to translate into the sort of price movement we would see for other coins.
Not sure why this is, or how much the token-dumping by Ripple plays a part... but regardless, XRP still has a really solid use case and looks good for the long-term.
I agree with you but the problem is that the price though is not reflecting that scenario.
By now it really should have broken the $1 barrier but that along with its all time high of approximately $3.60 during the bull run of end 2017/early 2018 seems a long way away