Growth Metrics

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

Westlake has reported Return on Invested Capital over the past 15 years, most recently at 0.1% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Invested Capital at 0.1% for Q4 2025, down 14.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.1% (down 14.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.1%, down 14.0%.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q4 2025 was 0.1% at Westlake, down from 0.06% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Invested Capital for WLK hit a ceiling of 0.21% in Q2 2022 and a floor of 0.1% in Q4 2025.
  • Median Return on Invested Capital over the past 5 years was 0.07% (2021), compared with a mean of 0.07%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Invested Capital: increased 14bps in 2022 and later dropped -14bps in 2025.
  • Westlake's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.16% in 2021, then dropped by -3bps to 0.16% in 2022, then tumbled by -78bps to 0.03% in 2023, then increased by 14bps to 0.04% in 2024, then plummeted by -352bps to 0.1% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Invested Capital were 0.1% (Q4 2025), 0.06% (Q3 2025), and 0.0% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.