Key Points The company has a nearly 50-year history of annual dividend raises. Yet, the medical device maker is not usually flagged as a dividend stock. 10 stocks we like better than Medtronic › The list of Dividend Kings -- the very few U.S.-traded stocks that have enacted dividend raises at least once annually for a minimum of 50 years in a row -- is extremely short. That's why it's quite an event when a new stock joins this very limited and exclusive club. Barring a sudden collapse of its busin ...