Dividend Aristocrats That Can't Keep Up With Inflation: Chevron Corporation (CVX) Dividend Yield: 4.2% Last Dividend Increase: 0.93% At least Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX ) has a healthier yield that sits north of 4%, but that's the best thing I can say about its dividend. Oil price declines starting in mid-2014 put most energy stocks in a hurt locker, and CVX was no exception, plunging more than 40% from 2014 peak to 2015 trough. CVX is averaging sub-4% dividend growth across the past five years, and 2016's hike might not be an anomaly.