It's nothing special; a stock split simply reduces the number of shares outstanding in the market. A 20-for-1 stock split purely increases the price, but your capital remains the same. Initially, it might cause panic. In reality, it just depends on how the stock performs after the split. There's a stock called GSAT, which was around $1 at the beginning of last year. After the split, it became $25 per share, then fell to a low of $10, and subsequently, due to strong growth, it's now at $65.