Three Fool.com contributors think Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT), IBM (NYSE: IBM), and Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) can easily outpace inflation, and are worth a look right now. A Dividend Aristocrat with a 5.3% yield and awesome growth prospects Anders Bylund (IBM): With U.S. inflation hitting multidecade highs, it's a good idea to lean on some ultrareliable dividend stocks. First are those with a lower valuation on current profit: Higher inflation would discount future earnings by a greater degree, so in theory, high-multiple growth stocks would get hurt more than value stocks.