These potential stock-split stocks could help patient investors turn a profit in the market. Forward stock splits usually follow significant share-price appreciation, which rarely happens to inferior companies. For that reason, many investors see stock splits as roundabout indicators of quality. But the price appreciation (not the subsequent split) is where investors should focus. Shares of Microsoft (MSFT 1.44%) and Intuit (INTU -1.67%) soared 541% and 437%, respectively, over the last seven years. That pr ...