SELECT 
  companies.*, 
  AVG(
    cscart_discussion_rating.rating_value
  ) AS average_rating, 
  CONCAT(
    companies.company_id, 
    '_', 
    IF (
      cscart_discussion_rating.thread_id, 
      cscart_discussion_rating.thread_id, 
      '0'
    )
  ) AS company_thread_ids 
FROM 
  cscart_companies AS companies 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_discussion ON cscart_discussion.object_id = companies.company_id 
  AND cscart_discussion.object_type = 'M' 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_discussion_posts ON cscart_discussion_posts.thread_id = cscart_discussion.thread_id 
  AND cscart_discussion_posts.status = 'A' 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_discussion_rating ON cscart_discussion.thread_id = cscart_discussion_rating.thread_id 
  AND cscart_discussion_rating.post_id = cscart_discussion_posts.post_id 
WHERE 
  companies.company_id = 1

Query time 0.00055

JSON explain

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      "query_cost": "3.60"
    },
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          "table_name": "companies",
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          ],
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          "rows_produced_per_join": 1,
          "filtered": "100.00",
          "cost_info": {
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            "eval_cost": "0.20",
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          },
          "used_columns": [
            "company_id",
            "status",
            "company",
            "address",
            "city",
            "state",
            "country",
            "zipcode",
            "email",
            "phone",
            "fax",
            "url",
            "timestamp",
            "categories",
            "shippings",
            "logos",
            "lang_code",
            "commission",
            "commission_type",
            "request_user_id",
            "request_account_name",
            "request_account_data",
            "storefront",
            "secure_storefront",
            "entry_page",
            "redirect_customer",
            "countries_list"
          ]
        }
      },
      {
        "table": {
          "table_name": "cscart_discussion",
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            "object_id"
          ],
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            "object_id",
            "object_type"
          ],
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          ],
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          },
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            "thread_id",
            "status"
          ],
          "attached_condition": "<if>(is_not_null_compl(cscart_discussion_posts), ((`ea201_diorama`.`cscart_discussion_posts`.`thread_id` = `ea201_diorama`.`cscart_discussion`.`thread_id`) and (`ea201_diorama`.`cscart_discussion_posts`.`status` = 'A')), true)"
        }
      },
      {
        "table": {
          "table_name": "cscart_discussion_rating",
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          ],
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      }
    ]
  }
}