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Westlake (WLK) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Westlake has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 15 years, most recently at 0.09% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.09% for Q4 2025, down 14.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.09% (down 14.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.09%, down 14.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.09% at Westlake, down from 0.05% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for WLK hit a ceiling of 0.22% in Q2 2022 and a floor of 0.09% in Q4 2025.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.07% (2021), compared with a mean of 0.08%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: rose 16bps in 2022 and later dropped -14bps in 2025.
  • Westlake's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.18% in 2021, then decreased by -8bps to 0.17% in 2022, then tumbled by -76bps to 0.04% in 2023, then increased by 18bps to 0.05% in 2024, then plummeted by -297bps to 0.09% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.09% (Q4 2025), 0.05% (Q3 2025), and 0.01% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.