With low barriers to entry, express couriers proliferated rapidly over the past decade to more than 8,000 firms, squeezing profit margins to about 5% from 30% 10 years ago, according to analysts.

据分析师称，由于行业准入门槛较低，因此过去十年，中国的快递行业迅速增加到超过8,000家，利润率已经从10年前的30%下降到了5%。

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The majority of analysts (90%) rate Express Scripts as a buy.

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The majority of analysts (83.3%) rate Express Scripts as a buy.

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"In the quarter, spend growth continued to be healthy, and was relatively consistent with the past several quarters, despite the negative impact of having an extra billing day in the first quarter of 2012 because of leap year, " Dan Henry, American Express' chief financial officer, said during a conference call with analysts.

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