“But lower priced stocks tend to have a more inflatable upside ...so”
If that were true we would see momentum following a stock split but studies do not show a correlation.
Casual small investors may think so but the market is controlled by big money and big money doesn’t decide their picks by which stock has the lower price.
“momentum following a stock split”
trailing stock
stock split
2 different animals .....
totally different variables ....
in my humble opinion