Litecoin has very low growth compared to all out coins in the market . I have seen this for a long time . So I'm not motivated to invest in Litecoin but I occasionally buy Litecoin for a while to pay someone or to transfer my funds from one exchange to another because Litecoin transfers always have low gas fees.
I agree, people do not give Litecoin enough credit but in reality that is a much better coin with a lot better results in the long run. I would guess that in 10 years time most of the coins in the top 10-20 will be gone and Litecoin would still be around. Of course it is not as big as btc, eth, bnb right now but I have always put LTC as my fourth biggest coin of all time.
There last few years and the drops have made it go down the rankings, but I believe that it is not important to be high, it is important to stay high and many coins that people look at these days will not have anything going on in the near future whereas litecoin will still be around. I take a coin staying in top 30 for 10 years over any coin that stays there for 5 years and then drops.
Yes it is true that litecoin price does not increase much in short time but it never moves from its top position its market cap is always very high so I don't think anyone should worry about litecoin. Litecoin can be a safe investment even though it may not be able to give much profit in short period of time but it will not expose anyone to excessive losses in short period of time like other coins.