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Where it has got him so far is seven goals and two assists since marking his return from loan with a hat-trick against Hibernian on 24 January.
That is more than goal involvements than any other player in the Premiership during that spell - and more goals than any other Falkirk player overall despite having missed the first half of the season.
While Falkirk failed to secure the point that would have sealed a top-six finish on Saturday thanks to a surprise 2-1 defeat at home to St Mirren, Stewart's opening goal took his personal tally to five in his last four games - and his total to 17 in 27 outings this season.
As former Scotland forward Naismith said a few weeks back on Sportscene: "Everyone's talking about his story - and it's great.
"He's fought and fought and fought to get his chance at the professional game and he's taken it.
"The biggest compliment I can pay him is, every goal he scores, every time the ball's wider in the final third, he's in the box."
Fellow Sportscene pundit Stephen Craigan reckons Stewart "will go for big money in the summer" transfer window.
"His all-round game has been top-notch," the former Motherwell and Northern Ireland centre-half said.
"He's a real poacher, he's only 21 years of age and he puts himself between the goals and searches out chances.
"The number of goals he taps in - he's always alert. You're not always in the right place by luck. He has that knack.
"There's probably other people ahead of him, but if you're wanting someone raw, who has a goal in them and you're Scotland manager, you have a look at him."
Yet Stewart, who grew up in London but has Scottish parents, admits that "it never fell for me in England in terms of the right opportunity to go professional".
"I've looked at players playing professional football and I've always said 'I could do that' if I just get given the right platform or the right opportunity," he said.
"In Scotland, people have clearly been willing to look down the ranks, especially obviously John McGlynn, who was willing to take a small bit of a risk to pick me up."
While studying Sports Science at Heriot-Watt - a degree course he intends to finish at some point - Stewart recalls being star-struck by Hearts' first team players, who train at the adjacent Oriam on the outskirts of Edinburgh.
"I actually have a photo with Lawrence Shankland and guys like that," he added. "I'm a Chelsea fan, but my dad's a big Jambo, so he was like 'make sure you get a selfie with Lawrence'. Now I'm on the same pitch as him, playing against him, it's surreal."
