This is the kind of trend that can lift the stock price long-term.In the long-term investing world, one will often hear the phrase, "Watch the business, not the stock price." And one of the great things about the stock market is that publicly traded companies are required to disclose certain financial information. It makes watching the business very possible.However, investors should be aware that any company could report good numbers in a given quarter. But it may just be a one-time anomaly. By contrast, i ...