The short answer: More than many of its peers, at least in terms of yield.Medtronic (MDT -1.12%), a beast of a medical-device company, has caught the eye of more than a few income investors. It has enacted dividend raises at least once annually for a hard-to-beat 47 years straight and approaches high-yield dividend territory with a payout hovering just below 4%. As that distribution is a major part of the stock's popularity, it's worth looking at a key number behind it -- quite simply, how much will it amou ...