Depends when you need the money. Long Term - Just look here:
http://coinmarketcap.com/
Are we better then Namecoin? Yes. Nxt? Yes. Mastercoin? Yes. Dogecoin? Yes. Ripple? Yes. Peercoin? Yes. Litecoin? Yes. Bitcoin? I don't know, but at that point BC is $5 so that won't be a problem.