I would love to buy Ripple's stock as they are now gearing up to list Ripple in US stock market. The future looks really great for Ripple as a business, not as a coin!
True, I'd rather buy ripple's stock, not XRP for the purpose of investment.
Anyways, XRP still useful to get in/out exchanges/casinos as it is fast and cheap.
But I doubt their listing will be smooth since rumor said XRP was an illegal security.