With inflation surging, everything costs more these days. It's even more challenging for those whose income isn't also rising to help cover the increased costs. Because of that, you might want to consider investing in dividend stocks with great growth track records if you haven't gotten a raise in a while, either at work or through your passive income sources.

Three dividend stocks that recently gave their investors big raises are Energy Transfer (NYSE: ET), EastGroup Properties (NYSE: EGP), and Intuit (NASDAQ: INTU). All three companies should be able to continue growing their payouts at above-average rates, making them great ways to help relieve some of inflation's sting.

Energy Transfer offers investors a big-time passive income stream. The master limited partnership (MLP) currently yields 7.6%.

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