When the people invested in ethereum, they will surely considered the profit in long period. Ethereum is like a gold. We can't predict the price rise, but their is some huve rise. If occur, it smash the market and bring all the investors attention towards it. It was unique features of ethereum as compared to other altcoin.
It is almost always considered that bitcoin is like gold whereas ethereum is like silver. They are both very valuable, gold is a lot more valuable and yes bitcoin is much more valuable than ethereum right now. Even on this recent situation you can see that bitcoin dropped but then increased above what it used to be, whereas ethereum dropped and went back to what it used to be.
So basically, we all know that ethereum is more like silver. However that’s not bad, that is still a valuable asset, and many people who hold ethereum do not do it on just profit neither, they do it because it can provide so much, like how you can use it for tokens and such, and to pay gas fees as well, so it is definitely something that you could make a lot of profit with, but also something that you can use, without really considering it as a profit thing, just use it for other stuff.