Capital expenditure · 2011–2025

Westlake capital expenditure

$995M−1.3% · FY2025

Westlake (WLK) reported $995M in capital expenditure for fiscal 2025, −1.3% year on year.

$177M2011$387M2012$679M2013$431M2014$491M2015$629M2016$577M2017$702M2018$787M2019$525M2020$658M2021$1.1B2022$1.0B2023$1.0B2024$995M2025
Westlake — Capital expenditure, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearCapital expenditureChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$995M−1.3%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$1.0B−2.5%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$1.0B−6.7%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$1.1B+68.4%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$658M+25.3%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$525M−33.3%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$787M+12.1%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$702M+21.7%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$577M−8.3%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$629M+28.1%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$491M+13.9%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$431M−36.5%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$679M+75.6%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$387M+118.8%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$177M—Open →

Capital expenditure — Capital expenditure is the cash the company spent during the year on property, plant and equipment — factories, stores, servers, vehicles. It appears in the investing section of the cash-flow statement as an outflow and is shown here as a positive amount. Operating cash flow minus this figure is free cash flow.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth +13.1%

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Westlake capital expenditure}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/westlake/capital-expenditure}},
  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
}

The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0001262823-26-000016 · February 26, 2026

{{cite web |title=Westlake capital expenditure — 10-K (0001262823-26-000016) |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1262823/000126282326000016/wlk-20251231.htm |website=SEC EDGAR |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |date=2026-02-26}}

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