There is nothing proportional to the price and profits,more growth more profits it may happen with bitcoin or a coin with the price of few cents.
But when you are buying a coin with less price the risk is too high.
It is all about the market cap of the specific coin, price doesn't matter in my opinion. The token with 0.000002$ price with 100 mln usd marketcap is more legit project compared to the project with 0.02$ with 10 mln usd marketcap.
Even coinmarket value doesn't because are some centralized coins sitting at top ten most cap valued coins but it doesn't mean they are good coins in long term.It is just because of their trend it can goes upside down at any moment.Only the value goes when the coin is unique.