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Powering the Solarization of India

In Sophic Capital’s first report, Shining a Light on the Bottleneck in Solar, we outlined the structural bottleneck in distributed solar: the market wants microinverter-level performance, but it has not historically wanted to pay a full microinverter price. In our second report, A New Approach to the Inverter Problem, we introduced Sophic Capital client Sparq Systems Inc. [TSXV: SPRQ, OTCQB: SPRQF], as a company attempting to solve that problem through a differentiated inverter architecture and a capital-light commercialization model tied to India.

The Sophic Take

SPARQ is still an early-stage company, but it has many of the characteristics Sophic Capital looks for in compelling emerging growth stories.

First, it is built around genuinely differentiated technology developed by a management team with deep domain expertise and a proven track record. CEO Dr. Praveen Jain is a globally recognized power-electronics expert, founder of the Company, former founder of CHiL Semiconductor, and a recent Order of Canada recipient. In our view, that combination of technical credibility and entrepreneurial track record matters.

Second, the market appears to be validating the product. SPARQ is not trying to create demand in a vacuum; it is working with partners that have clear solar ambitions and, importantly, appear to need the Company’s technology to help meet those goals. That kind of strategic relevance is difficult to replicate.

Third, the Company is beginning to see early commercial validation. Multiple orders have already been announced, and they are meaningful relative to SPARQ’s historical revenue base. For a Company at this stage, that matters because it begins to narrow the gap between concept and commercial proof.

Fourth, the market opportunity is very large. Between telecom tower solarization, residential rooftop demand, and the broader Reliance solar buildout, SPARQ appears to be operating in an addressable market that is far larger than the Company’s current size would suggest.

Finally, we do not believe the current share price reflects much of that potential upside. The Company is still being valued more like an early-stage concept than a business with differentiated technology, strategic validation, and a credible path toward scale.

That is what makes the setup interesting today. SPARQ is not just a small company with a good story; it is a small company with disruptive technology, credible partners, early order validation, and exposure to a very large market opportunity. If execution continues, the gap between what the company is today and what it could become may prove significant.

The Current Setup

At this stage, SPARQ is not a mature solar company, but an early commercial platform with leverage to volume in order to drive revenue growth, and some early growth validation, which has been reflected in the Company’s valuation. The size of the opportunity is already large enough to matter, and Company has a credible path to capture the opportunity without having to stand up expensive manufacturing facilities and the associated working capital. Based on management’s expectations, the visible telecom, residential, and broader solar buildout pathways, the addressable opportunity in India alone could exceed $1.5 billion, before considering additional international expansion. Therefore, we believe it is unlikely that the current valuation fully reflects the scale of the opportunity, and even capturing it, as the Company translates early validation into repeatable deployment. In other words, the market appears to be giving SPARQ some credit for progress, but not yet fully pricing in the potential for a relatively small current business to evolve into a much larger, partner-enabled platform over the next several years. That gap between today’s valuation and tomorrow’s possible earnings power is the heart of the investment case.

SPARQ is in the early part of its commercial lifecycle, but has proven early validation; a very important transition for any new Company looking to grow by monetizing a new solution. At recent market prices, with roughly 117 million basic shares outstanding and 130 million fully diluted shares, the equity value is in the $135 million range. In other words, the market is not yet valuing SPARQ as a fully proven industrial platform, with predictable and easy to model cash flows, but rather as an early stage company.

This valuation is likely due to the fact that the historical revenue has been modest ($190K 2023, $1.7M 2024, $2.3M 2025).  The business is only just beginning to convert strategic agreements into order flow that can grow revenue in a significant way. That said, recent order activity helps frame the revenue bridge more concretely. With the May 2026 purchase order expanded to $32 million, the current order book already appears to cover a substantial portion of analyst F2026 revenue expectations of roughly $24 million, depending on delivery timing and revenue recognition. In other words, consensus now seems increasingly anchored by business already in hand, while the larger debate shifts to what additional orders are required to support analyst F2027 revenue expectations of approximately $135 million. That is an important distinction, because it suggests investors are no longer waiting for the first meaningful revenue inflection; they are increasingly focused on whether this initial validation can translate into a broader stream of follow-on orders.

Exhibit 1: Sparq Systems Historical Revenue and Consensus Estimates

Source: Company Reports and Analyst Estimates

The easiest way to think about SPARQ is not as a conventional small-cap solar stock, but as a volume-conversion story, without the accompanying heavy investments in manufacturing facilities and working capital due to its unique business model. If current order flow evolves into repeatable volume, and revenue, the Company and its valuation could look very different very quickly because the business model is structured to leverage partner-funded manufacturing rather than internally funded industrial expansion, thus allowing the Company, and shareholders to benefit from a capital efficient growth model. As illustrated by the analyst consensus estimates revenue is expected to scale very rapidly in the coming years ($24 million F2026 and $125 million F2027) in the market (Exhibit 1). The Company’s equity value of $135 million should be viewed in this context, and not needing to raise large amounts of capital to finance this revenue growth as opposed to historical revenue.

Why the Category Matters

What could make SPARQ particularly interesting in that context is that it appears to be approaching the category from a different angle.

Enphase demonstrated that microinverters can become a large and globally relevant product category (Exhibit 2), with annual revenue exceeding US$2 billion in peak years. That provides a useful sense of category scale when compared with current street expectations for SPARQ of $135 million in F2027 revenue. SPARQ is not attempting to replicate Enphase’s one-inverter-per-panel model; it is pursuing a differentiated architecture designed to improve the category’s cost-performance equation. In that sense, Enphase serves less as a direct comparison than as proof that a differentiated inverter platform can quickly create meaningful value if product-market fit and scaled deployment align.

Exhibit 2: Enphase’s Revenue and Stock Performance since 2012 IPO 

Source: Enpahse Company Reports and Yahoo Finance

At the low end, Enphase traded at sub 1.0x EV/sales, bottoming at roughly 0.3x in 2016. As the revenue ramp accelerated and investors gained confidence in the durability of category growth, the stock re-rated materially, reaching roughly 29x EV/sales in 2020 and remaining at elevated levels through the peak of the solar cycle. In our view, the broader lesson is that once the market begins to underwrite scaled deployment and operating leverage, valuation can expand very quickly.

If this business model works as intended and the Company’s India ramp continues to gain traction, SPARQ does not need to replicate Enphase’s exact path to create meaningful shareholder value. Rather, the Enphase comparison is useful in illustrating how quickly a differentiated microinverter platform can scale, and deliver shareholder value. The distinction is that SPARQ is attempting to pursue that opportunity with a more capital-light model, which, if successful, could allow the Company to convert revenue growth into more attractive operating margins than a more manufacturing-intensive approach.

We believe there is initial data supporting this market opportunity: first, recent order activity provides reasonable early commercial validation, as there are many publicly listed innovative companies with compelling offerings that are unable to ever generate revenue.  That said, the key question remains whether initial early validation can translate into repeatable scaled deployment, and the twists and turns on this path of revenue growth. Second, and more importantly, to the Company’s knowledge, Reliance has not partnered with another microinverter supplier for their 10GW solar gigafactory, which, if sustained, could materially strengthen SPARQ’s strategic position.

For SPARQ, the implication is straightforward: if the Company can translate its technical differentiation into repeatable commercial deployment, the opportunity in front of it may be materially larger than its current scale suggests. We are already seeing orders, which are in turn driving revenue expectations in analyst’s projected revenue growth over the next couple of years to almost $140 million. Based on the Company’s visible telecom, residential, and broader solar buildout pathways (which we discuss in more detail below), the addressable opportunity in India alone could exceed $1.5 billion, before assigning value to additional commercial applications or international expansion.

One useful way to frame the opportunity is through the lens of category validation. Enphase has already demonstrated that microinverters can become a large and globally relevant market, and that category leaders can command strong valuation multiples once product-market fit, scale, and distribution are established. Enphase, for example, currently trades at roughly 5x NTM sales. We are not suggesting that SPARQ is Enphase, nor that it should be valued on a like-for-like basis today. However, the comparison is useful in highlighting that if SPARQ can execute through its Indian relationships and translate validation into scaled deployment, the valuation upside could be meaningful, particularly given its more capital-light operating model.

Volume Is the Key Lens – Reliance’s Solar Ramp Highlights the Scale

The simplest way to think about SPARQ is through volume conversion into revenue growth.

The Company suggests that Reliance / Jio could require roughly 500,000 microinverters per 1 GW of deployment, which makes the revenue implications more tangible. At an implied value of approximately $135 per microinverter, each incremental 1 GW would represent roughly $67.5 million of revenue opportunity. Reliance has invested more than US$10 billion into its new energy platform and is bringing its Jamnagar solar gigafactory ecosystem online with ambitions that have been framed around 10 GW near term and 20-30 GW longer term. On that basis, 10 GW would equate to approximately 5 million units and a gross revenue opportunity of roughly $675 million, while a broader 20-30 GW solar buildout would expand the potential revenue pool significantly further. This is not Company guidance, nor should it be treated as a forecast. But it provides a useful framework for understanding how quickly the revenue profile could change if deployments scale. The key takeaway is that SPARQ does not need to capture the entire opportunity for the economics to become highly material.

Even partial penetration can produce a very different financial profile if deployments scale. One analyst following SPARQ estimates that if Reliance ramps to 10 GW and SPARQ captures 50% of the associated demand, that could translate into roughly 2.5 million microinverters, approximately $338 million of revenue. Again, that is not company guidance, nor should it be treated as a forecast. But it is a useful framework because it shows how meaningfully the economics can change once the business moves from validation to scaled adoption. This opportunity is likely why consensus estimates have the Company doing revenue of $135 million and EBITDA of $6.5 million in F2027.

Manufacturing Ramp and Scalability

A key part of the SPARQ thesis is that manufacturing appears designed to scale modularly rather than through a heavy upfront buildout. AS of May 2026,  capacity is understood to be anchored by one line producing roughly 10,000 microinverters per month, or about 250 MW annually, with additional lines expected to be added using a repeatable approach as demand grows.

That matters because Reliance’s broader solar ambitions are significant. The Company has invested more than US$10 billion in its new energy platform and is targeting net-zero by 2035, with a phased solar ramp that has been framed around a 10 GW at the end of 2026 target and ultimately expanding to 20-30 GW a year. Supporting that kind of buildout would require substantial microinverter production. Backing this ambition, Reliance is a conglomerate of gargantuan proportions with a market cap of US$181 billion, revenue of US$124 billion for F2026 (March 31 year end), and cash of US$28.8 billion, giving it more than adequate resources to execute on ambitious solar goals, which is only more relevant in the current geopolitical environment, which has strained India’s energy imports.

On current assumptions, even near-term order fulfillment likely requires additional line expansion, while a 10 GW annual deployment scenario could imply the need for roughly 40 lines at scale. For investors, the key question is whether new lines can be added efficiently enough for capacity to grow alongside demand.

Below we break down the market potential to illustrate the larger opportunity at hand. The market does not need SPARQ to capture every theoretical opportunity in front of it to become much larger than it is today. It simply needs evidence that deployments are becoming repeatable, scalable, and increasingly embedded in the partner ecosystem.

The Size of the Prize – The $1.8 Billion Market Opportunity in India Alone

The size of the opportunity is one of the most important parts of the SPARQ thesis, and it deserves to be framed clearly at the outset. What investors can underwrite today is not a theoretical market, but a set of increasingly visible demand channels that are already beginning to convert from concept into orders.

The breadcrumbs investors can follow are already tangible. Existing purchase orders have begun to establish commercial credibility providing investors with a clear progression to watch: first, fulfillment of current orders; second, evidence of repeat orders; third, manufacturing line additions; and fourth, broader market penetration into telecom, residential, and eventually commercial segments. We break out the opportunity in each of these below.

Telecom – The First High-Volume Deployment Channel

The clearest proof point so far is telecom. SPARQ has already received a 60 MW order, later expanded to a $32 million purchase order, which is believed to be tied to Reliance’s telecom tower solarization strategy. That matters because it gives investors an early box to check: telecom is no longer just a hypothetical use case, it is already showing up in the order book.

Telecom towers may be the clearest bridge between proof of concept and scaled deployment. Unlike residential rooftops, towers offer a more concentrated, repeatable, and visible use case. Current assumptions suggest the latest order could cover roughly 20,000 to 25,000 towers, while the broader Reliance opportunity is estimated at approximately 200,000 towers ready to be solarized. On that basis, the remaining tower opportunity alone implies roughly $224 million of additional revenue potential.

Just as importantly, telecom gives investors a practical catalyst path to monitor: fulfillment of the current order, evidence of repeat tower-related orders, and signs that tower deployments are moving from pilot scale to programmatic rollout.

Residential – The Larger Long-Term Opportunity

Residential rooftop solar is the second major leg of the opportunity, and potentially the larger one over time. India’s rooftop market is already accelerating, supported by subsidies, localization policies, and the broader push toward distributed energy adoption. Industry estimates suggest cumulative rooftop solar capacity in India reached roughly 21 GW by the end of 2025 and could expand to approximately 40 GW by 2030.

Using the Company’s disclosed framework of roughly 500,000 microinverters per 1 GW of deployment, that incremental 19 GW of rooftop growth would imply demand for approximately 9.5 million microinverters. At an estimated $140 per microinverter at scale, that equates to an incremental residential opportunity of roughly $1.3 billion.

This is the key point: SPARQ does not need to dominate India’s residential market to matter. It simply needs to prove that its architecture works economically in a market where performance, price, and local manufacturing all matter.

Global Expansion – Valuable, but Not Needed for the Thesis

There is also optionality beyond India. If the current model proves successful, the commercial logic is exportable. An IP-rich microinverter platform paired with a large industrial, telecom, or distribution partner is not an India-only concept. Over time, that could create openings in Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and the United States. That optionality should not be the basis of the thesis today, but it does represent upside if the Indian ramp works.

That said, investors do not need to underwrite global expansion for the thesis to work. India provides a large enough opportunity over the medium term.

Why the Valuation Debate Is Changing

At the current valuation, SPARQ does not screen as inexpensive on trailing results. But trailing results are not the most relevant lens for companies entering a rapid growth phase. The more important question is how the stock looks against a forward volume-conversion scenario in which current validation turns into repeatable telecom and rooftop deployments. If that transition occurs, the current valuation could prove conservative in hindsight.

The more relevant question is how SPARQ looks relative to what it could become if current commercial validation continues to build. Following the expanded May 2026 order, the near-term revenue outlook moved materially higher, with the street revising estimates to of around $24 million for F2026 and revenue of $135 million with EBITDA of $6.5 million for F2027. If those numbers are met, and if the company begins to demonstrate a credible path toward scaled revenue and operating leverage, the current valuation framework could prove very conservative in hindsight.

There is a plausible path where SPARQ evolves from a pre-scale technology company into a meaningful participant in one of the world’s fastest-growing distributed solar markets. There is also a plausible path where the company remains dependent on a single strategic relationship for longer than investors would like, delaying broader market recognition. The outcome will likely depend less on investor enthusiasm and more on execution: production ramp, repeat order flow, deployment visibility, and continued technical validation.

Management and Technical Leadership

Another important part of the SPARQ thesis is that the Company is led by a team with deep expertise in power electronics, commercialization, and solar deployment. CEO Dr. Praveen Jain is a globally recognized expert in high-frequency power conversion, a Professor and Canada Research Chair in Power Electronics at Queen’s University, and the founder of SPARQ. His prior company, CHiL Semiconductor, was sold for US$75 million, and he holds more than 100 patents. In our view, Dr. Jain’s technical credibility and track record are central to the Company’s value proposition.

That technical depth extends beyond the CEO. CTO Dr. Majid Pahlevaninezhad was a key inventor behind the Quad microinverter architecture and brings extensive experience in power circuitry, digital control, and converter design across applications including electric vehicles. He has authored more than 200 academic papers and holds 85 U.S. patents, reinforcing the depth of SPARQ’s engineering bench.

At the board level, SPARQ also benefits from expertise in technology commercialization, manufacturing, and renewable power deployment, including experience spanning China’s electronics supply chain and India’s solar EPC and renewable development markets. Taken together, the management team and board give SPARQ more depth than a typical early-stage hardware company. For investors, that matters because this is ultimately a story where technical execution, manufacturing scale-up, and strategic partnerships will all need to align.

Final Word

The opportunity here is not based on a heroic assumption of multiple events needing to go right. It is based on the idea that even partial success in a large and growing secular growth market could materially change the Company’s revenue profile, operating leverage, and eventually market perception, and value.

That is often where the most attractive small-cap setups begin.

If the commercial ramp continues to develop, as we expect, the market may eventually have to value the Company on a very different framework. That is the essence of the setup: a small current base, an unusually large potential volume pool, and a narrowing (but not yet closed) execution gap.

The debate is no longer whether the market opportunity exists. It clearly does.

The debate is whether SPARQ can convert that opportunity into a scaled and repeatable commercial outcome.

That is the question investors should be watching over the next 12 to 24 months.

Disclosures

Sparq Systems Inc. [TSXV: SPRQ, OTCQB: SPRQF], has contracted Sophic Capital for capital markets advisory and investor relations services.

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