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 0.00030

JSON explain

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            "status",
            "company",
            "lang_code",
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            "city",
            "state",
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            "email",
            "phone",
            "url",
            "storefront",
            "secure_storefront",
            "entry_page",
            "redirect_customer",
            "countries_list",
            "timestamp",
            "shippings",
            "logos",
            "request_user_id",
            "request_account_name",
            "request_account_data"
          ]
        }
      },
      {
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          },
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          ],
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        }
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